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MGUS and pain
I was diagnosed with MGUS the Fall of 2023. Recently I am experiencing severe pain in my right knee, left ankle and now my neck/shoulders....
Last active: Jan 21 2:54pm
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: Jan 5 9:25am
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: Feb 4 8:37am
Coffee and MGUS progression.
I am wondering if anyone knows how drinking decaf or regular coffee might affect MGUS and its progression. I am willing to cut out coffee...
Last active: Feb 12, 2025
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, 2024
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, 2024
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: Jul 9, 2025
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: Feb 27, 2025
MGUS and spinal lesions
I was diagnosed with MGUS a few years ago and my oncologist monitors my bloodwork regularly. Earlier this year I developed a compression fracture in...
Last active: Oct 17, 2025
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: Jul 22, 2025
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 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, 2024
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 & 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, 2024
MGUS plus Rheumatoid Arthritis
I was diagnosed with both MGUS ( had a Pet scan and a bone marrow biopsy) and Rheumatoid Arthritis in 2022. I am currently on...
Last active: Sep 26, 2025
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
Sjogren’s and MGUS
I have had Sjogren’s for years and was recently diagnosed with MGUS. My IgM is high. I understand that 22% of Sjogren’s patients develop MGUS....
Last active: Jun 29, 2025
Testing for Amyloids with MGUS
Other than bone biopsy, are there any other tests that definitively rule out amyloids?
Last active: Aug 24, 2025
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: Nov 2, 2025
MGUS, pain and weight loss
My husband was diagnosed with MGUS in late 2024 and has lab work done every six months. My concern is the pain he has in...
Last active: Sep 4, 2025