Multiple Myeloma

9-25-14

With a nod to my good friends who have no time nor inclination for the details, I have no need for chemo at this time.  Parroting a famous Rabbi, all that follows is just commentary.

I (sans Mary Ann who was at home with a painful hip) walked in to see Dr. Abonour yesterday fully expecting to be put back on a chemo regimen.  I did not expect an improvement in the blood test from August.  There was a slight improvement but my reading continues to be well above normal.  But that is but one of the tests, the Kappa Light Chains Free Ser mg/L which Dr. Abonour explained but which I have already forgotten.  All the other tests were better than good, for example, for anemia, he said I was well above average in the lack thereof for my age.

Consequently, he not only saw no need for chemo, he decided I did not have to return until November, nor to give blood for testing prior to that return.  Then we discussed my golf game - he refused to accept any responsibility for any poor performance on my part.

The fatigue and foot problems continue, but enough said about those.

This is my understanding:  I have MM, always will have, but its under control.  I have no bone pains, well I have some from time-to-time, but they are scattered and quick, for which Dr. Abonour has a smile and asks as he often does, what is your age.

In my immediately preceding post, I said I was not surprised but was disappointed. Yesterday I was not disappointed but was surprised - much better.

My next appointment is 11/19, after which I will post.  For those of you who look at this nonsense more frequently, I will have an interim post late in October, if for no other reason than to report on my golf game.

I also will post within the next week to report on Mary Ann's hip problems.  Those good friends i mentioned in my first paragraph will probably read all of that one.

Whatever will be, will be.