https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Treatments-and-side-effects/Myeloma-therapy/m-p/14356#M1782 Am I answering my own question here, lol Dont quite understand this site! Fri, 13 Mar 2015 07:41:42 GMT Maureenf 2015-03-13T07:41:42Z https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Treatments-and-side-effects/Myeloma-therapy/m-p/14355#M1781 Is anybody here having or had treatment for Myeloma, I would like to know more about it, thanks! Fri, 13 Mar 2015 06:38:08 GMT https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Treatments-and-side-effects/Myeloma-therapy/m-p/14355#M1781 Maureenf 2015-03-13T06:38:08Z https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Treatments-and-side-effects/Myeloma-therapy/m-p/14356#M1782 Am I answering my own question here, lol Dont quite understand this site! Fri, 13 Mar 2015 07:41:42 GMT https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Treatments-and-side-effects/Myeloma-therapy/m-p/14356#M1782 Maureenf 2015-03-13T07:41:42Z https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Treatments-and-side-effects/Myeloma-therapy/m-p/14357#M1783 Hi Maureen, I am currently undergoing treatment for Myeloma. So far I've had 1 full 5 week cyle of chemo consisting of 2 days each week. I'm on a break at the moment and feel pretty good. Will start again next week. While the first couple of treatments mainly gave me chemo brain where I could not retain anything or appeared drunk (as my wife put it), it has become easier after each treatement. Oh, and the other side effect was not being able to sleep because the steroids. I will continue this treatment for the next 3 months, then finish with a stem cell transplant. Hope this helps Maureen. Sat, 11 Apr 2015 07:41:40 GMT https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Treatments-and-side-effects/Myeloma-therapy/m-p/14357#M1783 malcamloz 2015-04-11T07:41:40Z https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Treatments-and-side-effects/Myeloma-therapy/m-p/14358#M1784 Thanks for that, so do you think it would be doable if you are by yourself? And just how sick were you to start? Can you tell me what sort of treatment it was, as in drugs! Thanks! Sat, 11 Apr 2015 23:10:18 GMT https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Treatments-and-side-effects/Myeloma-therapy/m-p/14358#M1784 Maureenf 2015-04-11T23:10:18Z https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Treatments-and-side-effects/Myeloma-therapy/m-p/14359#M1785 I think it would be pretty difficult to go to and from treatment by myself. Most days I'm feeling ok after treatment, however there have been times when I've been super tired and not capable of driving. Still trying to work out which drugs have that effect and which ones don't. When I was initially diagnosed i was at stage 3, so was pretty bad. My calcium levels in my blood were so high they were concerned I would have a heart attack or go into a coma. On that day I could not remember much because all I wanted to do was sleep. The next day I was diagnosed then started chemo the day after so I was pretty sick. As far as my chemo drugs they are Clycophosphamide, Dexamethasone, and Valcade. Am also taking a host of other drugs to counter the side effects. Sun, 12 Apr 2015 10:38:51 GMT https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Treatments-and-side-effects/Myeloma-therapy/m-p/14359#M1785 malcamloz 2015-04-12T10:38:51Z