Cindy’s Multiple Myeloma Blog

M-spike went up from 0.69 on 11/14/07  to 1.04 on 2/13/08.  Dr. D says she’s not too excited yet and won’t put me on any treatment for an increased M-spike alone. 

However, she’s pretty sure my left shoulder has got those plasmacytoma’s (myeloma tumors), so she’s having me have an MRI on it to confirm.  She will put me on treatment if my left shoulder does confirm plasmacytoma’s. 

She’s also having me take another test to check my upper intestines.  I guess the colonoscopy checks my lower intestines, the endoscopy just went down to my stomach, so I need this other test which is swallowing a pill that has a little camera on it I guess.  I will doodoo it out and oh my gosh, I hate to even think about this.  I’ll be given the details later.  I guess I’ll have to go to some place and they will give me the “pill” and provide directions.  I so do not want to have to do this, but we do what we have to do. 

She’s trying to check why I’m so anemic, like if I’m losing blood somewhere, if I understand correctly. 

She was showing another doctor my skeleton pictures showing him my lyctic lesions, whichc are places where the myeloma has eaten holes in my bone.  That’s probably not the right way to word it.  I do have some on my skull, appears to be just behind my left ear.  I knew I had holes in my head!!! :) 

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