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Wooziness and MGUS
Have any of you MGUS patients experienced wooziness? It isn't vertigo or a spinning feeling. It feels like I'm drunk, and I stagger when I...
Last active: Sep 6, 2023
Diagnosed: MGUS
Hello everyone, I was diagnosed with MGUS after a routine physical, and my doctor made it sound like it wasn't that serious, but my (favorite)...
Last active: Oct 29 10:59am
MGUS and Shingles
Three weeks ago I had the shingles. I had a Chickenpox over 50 years ago. Is there any reason to worry when that virus became...
Last active: Mar 21 8:06am
MGUS and Chemotherapy
Hi. I’ve been told that my MGUS case is rare, and I’ve been undergoing chemotherapy treatments for for about 8 months after failed steroid treatments....
Last active: Sep 29, 2023
MGUS & Thrombocytopenia
Hey I have been sick for quite sometime having bone pain and low iron levels and I had bleeding in my stomach previously they said...
Last active: Dec 18, 2023
Waldenstrom's, CLL or MGUS?
Hi--I was diagnosed with WM in the summer of 2023 by a hematologist. My PCP, however, thought it might be CLL. A second opinion (online)...
Last active: Nov 2 9:49am
Mgus and broken bones?
I’ve had 10 broken bones since Christmas. Some are with no falls to explain them, and I’ve been diagnosed with severe osteoporosis as a result....
Last active: Oct 27 7:36pm
Diagnosed with MGUS/Amyloidosis
My husband was recently diagnosed on May with Cardiac Amyloidosis in Mayo Clinic-Jacksonville FL His Kappa/Lambda, M proteins came up very high. He had a...
Last active: Jul 20, 2023
MGUS with bone pain?
My GP was concerned that I kept testing positive for kappa light chain, so he sent me to see an oncologist who said it was...
Last active: Feb 10 12:28pm
I have MGUS
I started having health issues when I was a very young gal around 4. I was told at a plasma center when I was 18...
Last active: Apr 14, 2023
MGUS and Susceptibility to infection
I'm a teacher for special education in two small elementary schools (ages 7-13). I've 12 years left to retired. Asthma, Bronchodilation and MGUS cause susceptibility...
Last active: Oct 7 11:46pm
MGUS and Curcumin/Tumeric
Is anyone here using CURCUMIN/TUMERIC via any of the following with the goal of lowering MGUS' progression: 1. Official clinical trial? 2. Taking it via...
Last active: Sep 11, 2023
MGUS & Rash
Hi everyone, I got diagnosed with MGUS last month with my GP and still waiting to see Hematologist. I have also got some rash in...
Last active: Apr 2 6:51am
MGUS + pulmonary sarcoidosis
I was diagnosed with MGUS in Dec. 2021 and pulmonary sarcoidosis in May 2022. Both are being monitored-MGUS blood test every 6 months. Sarcoidosis baseline...
Last active: Jun 27, 2023
MGUS with Polycythemia Vera (PV)
Had a bone marrow biopsy done in 2017 and was diagnosed with MGUS. Additional BMBs in 2018 & 2019 showed a slow progression of my...
Last active: May 6, 2023
Diagnosed last year with MGUS.
Wondering what dose and brand of curcumin others are using, as well as any specific contraindications and side effects? Thank you!
Last active: Nov 9, 2023
MGUS FLC Ratio concern
Hi, I am 25M, diagnosed with MGUS at age 22 in Dec 2021. Since then my FLC ratio (IGG Lambda K/L = 0.49) has gone...
Last active: Jul 15 11:02pm
MGUS and restless leg syndrome
Was diagnosed with MGUS 2 yrs ago after surgery on my back, I am being followed by oncologist. I suffer from fatigue and bruising. For...
Last active: Jun 9, 2023
Always run down with MGUS
Not really sure if its related, but I get super wiped out after a couple hours of chores, or just shopping, my entire body aches...
Last active: May 29 10:06pm
MGUS FLC Ratio decreasing
I am 25 M, and I diagnosed with IGG Lambda MGUS 2 years ago. My protein when diagnosed was 0.4, but now it measures 0.7....
Last active: Jan 12 8:34am