Newly Diagnosed with Smoldering Multiple Myeloma: Watch & wait

Interested in connecting with others with the same diagnosis. Looking into dietary changes that could help.
I will introduce myself to the group. This will be long so sorry in advanced.

I was a Lab Tech for 15 years so of course we ran test samples on ourselves in training. I have always had an elevated ESR - I put that down to allergies. Jump ahead to 2013 I started to have GI issues plus a couple of cycles of Diverticulitis. Local doc ran a panel for Celiacs but the was negative but the IgA was 1533 mg/dl, no follow-up even though I asked. GI symptoms went away. 2019 started having issues with GI again plus a slightly decreased Hgb not bad but put me through colonoscopy and upper GI - nothing remarkable. Blood work the IgA was now 1960 mg/do. Total Iron was slightly decreased so just put me on over the counter Iron supplements. Fast forward to June 2020, gi issues (diarrhea for 6 weeks) - local doc ignored it. At that point I requested a referral to Mayo Clinic/Rochester. Through all of the testing for GI issues which nothing found remarkable, I asked about the IgA which they ran again, came back 2350 mg/dl. Also C Reactive Protein was elevated. They referred me to a Rheumatologist who ran all of the RA type testing but included the MGUS screening. I have an M Spike of 1.6 mg/dl. Low Lambda Light Chain but Kappa was right on the top end so the Kappa/Lambda Ragio is a little over 5.0. Also re ran the Immunology levels IgG low at 326, IgM low at 10 and IgA still at 2350. So the RA doc referred me to Hematology. They ordered Iron studies which are normal now, CT Skeletal no lesions seen, and Bone Marrow Biopsy - came back as Plasma Cell Myeloma with approx 20% plasma cells. Slightly hupocellular. Plasma Cell morphology abnormal large cells with large nucleoli and binucleation. Plasma Cells express: monotypic kappa light chains, CD38 & CD138. They do not express CD18 or CD45.

Final DX after meeting with specialist.
Smoldering Multiple Myeloma Subtype IgA Kappa Light Chain with an average risk of progression. 20% Plasma Cells, 1.6 M-Spike, 5 Kappa/Lambda ratio. On FISH I do have the 1q gain marker. At this point I am at a Watch & Wait with blood & physical exam every 3 months.