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Have MGUS and just caught Covid: Did Covid affect your numbers?
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@pmm I was dx. @ age 67 and my numbers so far are low and stable but every 6 months I do get anxious about my blood results. I work 2 days/wk. I have had some fatigue of which not sure if it’s from age or MGUS.
I have been told I would probably succumb to something other than MGUS/MM at my age.
My diet is fairly healthy. I’ve removed extra sugar from my diet the last 10 months. My weakness is exercise and I blame that on my rotator cuff tear pain. Working towards resolving that.
My next blood draw is 11/7. Praying my numbers are better or at least the same.
Best to you.
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Our stories ( and ages, and rotator cuffs) are very similar. My MGUS diagnosis came after a bout of fatigue. My m-spike numbers are currently .6 and have been slightly increased over the past several years. I’ve had Covid but no discernible increases.
My oncologist is not overly concerned. That said, I cannot overstate the need for exercise. Consider hiring a trainer.
I've been at an MGUS stage for about 15 years now. My mother died from MM at my age (67), in 1985. Was diagnosed in late 1983. I get my blood drawn every year to monitor things but was told by THE MM guy at the NIH years ago that he didn't think my MGUS would ever progress to active MM. Still, I wonder about the possibility every year around this time. I'm IgG kappa. Do you know if you've been classified as smoldering MM, kappa or lamda dominant? Have you had a bone marrow test to see if you have a high plasma cell count?
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@jdm02 fingers crossed