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MGUS diet: Any tips on food to enjoy or prevent progression?
Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Feb 21 8:17am | Replies (95)Comment receiving replies
Welcome, Patty. I love that you put your pending retirement date in your bio. Working until almost 70, you deserve retirement. But I'm sure you were hoping for retirement with MGUS.
I've searched high and low for lifestyle changes suggested for people with MGUS. It doesn't appear that specific foods or diet are recommended to reduce risk of progression to multiple myeloma. Naturally, as we all know that a healthy lifestyle - health food choices, physical activity, reducing stress, etc - helps reduce risk of disease in general. Eating well and staying active can't hurt and can even be beneficial should MGUS progress.
Patty, how did you discover you have MGUS? How do you conserve energy for the things that matter to you?
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Thanks Patty and Colleen...........great questions. I am also newly diagnosed and learning everyday. My oncologist has NOT SPOKEN mgus in urine and blood.
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Colleen, I have pretty much always danced till I drop… Metaphorically speaking. I’ve had a very full, rich life and have always felt privileged even though there have been ups and downs.
Last spring I was in a motor vehicle accident in which we were rear ended while traveling and I had neck pain. In the workup that followed they found a “lesion“ on my spine at C2. The blood tests found the pesky m protein in my blood work. CTs, urinalysis, more blood tests…here I am. The lesion is unrelated, it seems and is attributable to Osteoarthritis but I am grateful that it is MGUS and not multiple myeloma. As I’ve been reading about MGUS, I find that this accidental discovery is typical for the diagnosis.
So here I am with more to discover.