My mother-in-law was diagnosed with Waldenstrom's in 1981. She was living here in Arizona and Toledo, Ohio (summers). After lots of trials and tribulations with uncomfortable bouts of chemo, we lucked out in Toledo. An oncologist (who became her regular doctor) learned of a trial in Seattle for Waldenstrom's. A doctor (I believe affiliated with the U of Washington) had done research on Waldenstrom's because it was so rare and was having great success with the chemotherapy. It consisted of two or three original cancer drugs. This was about 1983. He started my mother-in-law on it (along with dexamethasone for side effects)) and she went into permanent remission. She went off chemo after about two years. She died 20 years later of something totally unrelated.

You might check the University of Washington and see where they are with Waldenstrom's. Our experience was 40 years ago. They saved my mother-in-law's life.

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