Hi Deputy, I can soooo understand how you must feel, just been through two weeks of radiation and start dow the chemo road shortly, dreading it, the side effects sound horrible but what choice do we have? Good luck, thinking of you, hang in there, probably get better as you continue! ... View more

Hi Chalky, I was diagnosed with Myeloma 4 years ago and have just started readiation treatment for the pain from a tumour on my spine. It is excruciating and have to get pain under control before i start on the chemo road. However, I have had hyerpercalcemia, kidney failure, 2 bouts of pneumonia from the Myeloma and was told because I refused chemo up front that it is like putting out spot fires but it will develop into a bushfire eventually, if you can understand that analagy. Guess I am there now! Have had two lots of Zometa infusions and have an immunoglobulin infusion once a month which helps with infection due to suppressed immune system, hang in there, the waiting is awful I know. And feel free to chat if you would like. ... View more

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Thanks for your response, the bowel cancer was removed successfully but wanted to get rid of a couple of lymph nodes that may spread at some stage, I also have Myeloma and the onco didnt think I could take it, didnt seem to worried just have to be checked every 6 months now! I have refused chemo for Myeloma so wasnt prepared to do it anyway! Unless absolutely necessary! ... View more

No dont know what stage it was, just told there was 3 lymph nodes that it was showing in but as I also have Myeloma the onco didnt think I could take the chemo, didnt seem all that worried, just keeping a 6 monthly check on it. Thanks for your response ... View more