Multiple Myeloma
Discussion List
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Side effects of Revlimid w/ MM
Hi, I have been looking forever for a site like this! My husband has MM. Our marriage has completely changed. When he started the chemo treatment, it was DEX and Revlimid. The DEX made him absolutely crazy. He was mean, irrational, and say the most awful things to me. It was a nightmare. For 4 years. This year his…
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What to expect ? Anyone tried Faspro?
My mother was just recently diagnosed with advanced MM. She is 77 yrs old. She was started on steroids and short developed a MM tumor in her eye and can’t see in the left eye. She was recently started on Faspro(daratumumab). Now her condition seems worse. She’s very weak, unstable on her feet, lethargic, looks skinnier,…
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MM with Secondary Cancer
Hello, My dad was diagnosed in 2013 with MM, this is his journey in a nutshell... . He has the additional complication of 17p deletion. In September 2014 he undertook a stem cell transplant but has never gone into remission. Over the years he has been on every drug on offer but still never got remission. In 2021, dad was…
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Family member diagnosed with MM. What to expect
Hello everyone, I was just told my 47y/o sister was diagnosed with MM. I know nothing about the disease and doing web searches is confusing. On average it says that life expectancy is five years. This is distressing. Do I really only have five more years with my sister? As only a family member, is there anything I can do…