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I haven't written about this before mainly because it's not related to my myeloma, just general health. I've been developing signs of prostate trouble for some months now and finally decided to take it to my GP. His first action was to order some blood tests which all came back encouragingly normal, including the PSA. I had a face-to-face with him a couple of days ago and he ...


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Chemo yesterday, despite it being Christmas Eve, and the start of 2nd line Cycle 11, which is going to be a bit different.  Now waiting to go out for Christmas lunch in a nearby pub where we've been for the last several years, so a good opportunity to update the blog.

No more Velcade / Bortezomib, so down to just monthly...


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.... happened during yesterday's chemo session, although I rather doubt it had anything to do with the treatment. 

For months now my walking has been getting gradually worse. A year ago I thought nothing of walking into the High Street and back (that's about 15 minutes when it was good, twenty or more recently). Hard to say exactly what's been wrong, I just don't s...


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Things went wrong - or at least unexpectedly - in my chemo session yesterday. For a start I had an hour's wait after the appointment time before a nurse called me in. Then I decided it was time to tell about a chesty cough I've had for three or weeks now and which isn't going away on its own. I nearly talked about it the week before but as there are no indicators of infection...


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