Hi @beepoop and welcome to Connect. You may have noticed that I moved your post to the Blood Cancers & Disorders group so that you can connect with others who have multiple myeloma.
I wanted to introduce you to @1nan who has experience with multiple myeloma and may be able to offer you support.
Hello@ bepoop. I am Nancy, and have had significant history with myeloma. Can you tell me about yourself, when and where you were diagnosed? I hope you have been reassured that there is much cause for hope as you follow this diagnosis into your future. My journey started in 2002, so I want to give you all positives possible. But first, about you.
I was diagnosed with MGUS in 2005 after my father passed away from MM. I was followed since then. Last summer I progressed to Smoldering myeloma. IGG kappa light chain.
Hi @beepoop and welcome to Connect. You may have noticed that I moved your post to the Blood Cancers & Disorders group so that you can connect with others who have multiple myeloma.
I wanted to introduce you to @1nan who has experience with multiple myeloma and may be able to offer you support.
@beepoop …I also have been diagnosed with MGUS, about 2 years ago. Also Igg kappa. It seems to have stayed the same except for fluctuations in kappa/lambda ratio. Of course no treatment at these levels. What I'm surprised about your diagnosis is that many years have passed until it became smoldering. I see it can spike after a long time?? I always say, I'm gonna quit testing since it's going on close to 3 years of being stable. Well, I guess not!
I do have severe osteoporosis, and experience sudden tiredness and aches. But I'm rather active..just hits out of the blue. I also get widespread rashes, that drive me insane and cause awful side effects. Mayo continues to do biopsies and monitor everything.
I try best to eat lots of dark greens and broccoli to keep blood healthy. If my iron levels should drop(not sure if yours did) I would increase iron rich foods with vitamin C, or any citrus for better absorption. They say MGUS, or Smoldering is like a time bomb…but I say, no worries, cross that bridge if we get there. Yes, I heard treatment is promising. My best to you!
I was diagnosed with MGUS in 2005 after my father passed away from MM. I was followed since then. Last summer I progressed to Smoldering myeloma. IGG kappa light chain.
Hello again @beepoop. I am sorry about your father, and getting your MGUS diagnosis at that time must have been so difficult.
After my 2002 MGUS diagnosis, my Mayo doctor diagnosed Igg kappa smoldering myeloma in 2004. He established the number goal that would require treatment to begin, and he and my local physician followed my status until 2016 when I started treatment. For those 12 years I was very active in spite of spinal surgeries and anemia. But during that wait time, and now your wait time, there was major progress in blood cancer research. My current treatment options didn't even exist those 15 years ago. Or one year ago. I was told that we will manage it like a chronic disease, changing treatment as indicated. And that is what happens. I wish you the same peace of mind as you go forward. Your life has meaning and purpose, and I have found that doesn't have to change. Having faith, family and friends gives me such support that hope is ever present. I wish the same for you.
Blessings, Nancy
Good morning, beepoop.
I have wondered if you got the information you hoped for, and if you have confidence to reach out in the future if you have questions or concerns. There is a community ready and willing to do all possible to be here for you.
Peace, Nancy
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Hi I have Smoldering mm since last June ,2018
Hi @beepoop and welcome to Connect. You may have noticed that I moved your post to the Blood Cancers & Disorders group so that you can connect with others who have multiple myeloma.
I wanted to introduce you to @1nan who has experience with multiple myeloma and may be able to offer you support.
@beepoop how have you been feeling?
Hello @beepoop. You may be interested in checking out the following discussion on multiple myeloma as well, https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/multiple-myeloma-1/.
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Hello@ bepoop. I am Nancy, and have had significant history with myeloma. Can you tell me about yourself, when and where you were diagnosed? I hope you have been reassured that there is much cause for hope as you follow this diagnosis into your future. My journey started in 2002, so I want to give you all positives possible. But first, about you.
I was diagnosed with MGUS in 2005 after my father passed away from MM. I was followed since then. Last summer I progressed to Smoldering myeloma. IGG kappa light chain.
I am trying to learn all I can
Thank you,. I just feel tired otherwise ok. Lots of new things going on in Myeloma world. Hope for the future
@beepoop …I also have been diagnosed with MGUS, about 2 years ago. Also Igg kappa. It seems to have stayed the same except for fluctuations in kappa/lambda ratio. Of course no treatment at these levels. What I'm surprised about your diagnosis is that many years have passed until it became smoldering. I see it can spike after a long time?? I always say, I'm gonna quit testing since it's going on close to 3 years of being stable. Well, I guess not!
I do have severe osteoporosis, and experience sudden tiredness and aches. But I'm rather active..just hits out of the blue. I also get widespread rashes, that drive me insane and cause awful side effects. Mayo continues to do biopsies and monitor everything.
I try best to eat lots of dark greens and broccoli to keep blood healthy. If my iron levels should drop(not sure if yours did) I would increase iron rich foods with vitamin C, or any citrus for better absorption. They say MGUS, or Smoldering is like a time bomb…but I say, no worries, cross that bridge if we get there. Yes, I heard treatment is promising. My best to you!
@beepoop
Hello again @beepoop. I am sorry about your father, and getting your MGUS diagnosis at that time must have been so difficult.
After my 2002 MGUS diagnosis, my Mayo doctor diagnosed Igg kappa smoldering myeloma in 2004. He established the number goal that would require treatment to begin, and he and my local physician followed my status until 2016 when I started treatment. For those 12 years I was very active in spite of spinal surgeries and anemia. But during that wait time, and now your wait time, there was major progress in blood cancer research. My current treatment options didn't even exist those 15 years ago. Or one year ago. I was told that we will manage it like a chronic disease, changing treatment as indicated. And that is what happens. I wish you the same peace of mind as you go forward. Your life has meaning and purpose, and I have found that doesn't have to change. Having faith, family and friends gives me such support that hope is ever present. I wish the same for you.
Blessings, Nancy
Good morning, beepoop.
I have wondered if you got the information you hoped for, and if you have confidence to reach out in the future if you have questions or concerns. There is a community ready and willing to do all possible to be here for you.
Peace, Nancy