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Super late to the party but I was recently diagnosed with smoldering myeloma (still going through...

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Discussion: I have smoldering Myeloma. Does anyone have this diagnosis?

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Posted: Dec 30, 2023

One more welcome here @dbont . Colleen kindly invited me to meet you and share my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/811007/

Discussion: I have smoldering Myeloma. Does anyone have this diagnosis?

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Posted: Feb 13, 2023

@carolesg It is certainly an interesting question. When I was diagnosed in 2021, I read about...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1106554/

Discussion: Stopping Myeloma at the MGUS Stage

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Posted: Jul 16, 2024

If my smoldering MM turns into active MM, I will be checking to see if I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1095164/

Discussion: Should all multiple myeloma patients look into stem cell transplant?

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Posted: Jun 27, 2024

I’m a retired RN and just a few years younger. I get how it’s bothersome they...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1379745/

Discussion: Recently diagosed with Multiple Myeloma: What treatments did you have?

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Posted: Aug 26, 2025

@mgusoixi25 Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. There are many of us here who can certainly relate...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/882980/

Discussion: Anyone else have Symptomatic MGUS?

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Posted: Jun 22, 2023

Welcome, Dianne! I don’t have much I can add to what Ginger shared. I think after...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/842935/

Discussion: I have MGUS

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Posted: Apr 14, 2023

Hello. I am new to SMM since march 25 and have my first follow up appointment...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1311572/

Discussion: Diagnosed: MGUS

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Posted: May 24, 2025

Here’s a study she references. I’ve pasted the conclusion part related to MM. My personal deduction...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1312559/

Discussion: Can weight gain cause progression from MGUS to myeloma?

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Posted: May 25, 2025

I just found your web sites and find it quite interesting. Sussu, my mother was born...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/823051/

Discussion: Multiple Myeloma: Come introduce yourself and let's talk

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Posted: Mar 8, 2023

@lfevold Hello, Linda. Allow me to introduce myself. Colleen invited me into your conversation because I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/325697/

Discussion: Newly Diagnosed with Smoldering Multiple Myeloma: Watch & wait

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Posted: Oct 26, 2020

@paulita On the bone marrow biopsy, I have a slightly different perspective. This is a conversation...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1294960/

Discussion: Diagnosed: MGUS

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Posted: May 2, 2025

I just did a bone marrow biopsy and mine came back at 22%. My M-Spike was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1034443/

Discussion: Does anyone else have MGUS?

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Posted: Mar 16, 2024

I was diagnosed with MGUS at age 59 in 2002. If I did not get primary...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1313189/

Discussion: People diagnosed with MGUS under 45

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Posted: May 26, 2025

I’m smoldering. Going to a neurologist in Feb (that’s how long our wait times are) but...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1397140/

Discussion: Does anyone else have MGUS?

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Posted: Sep 20, 2025

They caught mine on a yearly physical but it had progressed to smoldering myeloma. About a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1303526/

Discussion: Want to talk about Multiple Myeloma: Anyone else?

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Posted: May 13, 2025

@dstone501957 You ask a good question. How high is too high and when might you and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1113780/

Discussion: MGUS and quite high Free Kappa Light Chain and Kappa Lambda Ratio

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Posted: Jul 29, 2024

Hi @angk and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect! As you wander through the discussions here, you...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/959088/

Discussion: MGUS and understanding results

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Posted: Nov 4, 2023

I was a medical social worker for the last 15 years of my career, and I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/873167/

Discussion: MGUS and quite high Free Kappa Light Chain and Kappa Lambda Ratio

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Jun 5, 2023

I am 70 and my MGUS started 8 years ago. There is a lot of research...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1156236/

Discussion: Is there anything to help stop or slow progression of MGUS?

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Oct 13, 2024