I was just diagnosed July first. I have not had any treatment as of yet but a PET scan and 2 bone marrow biopsies. I am having more labs before seeing my specialist September 2nd. The doctor discussed induction treatment that would probably be for 3 months. Maybe a bone marrow transplant afterwards. I have only one issue at this point… headaches! Did anyone have a similar experience?

Has anyone had trouble getting Teclistamab and Revlimid taken together approved by the insurance company? I was on Teclitamab and my doctor wanted to add Revlimid for a better outcome. There were a few weeks where I was on both before the insurance company said the combination is denied. During that time my kappa number dropped 30% so I think this is a great solution for me. I am looking for any information I can give to the insurance company that this is an accepted combination for treatment of MM. That maybe it is more common than the insurance company believes. Thank you.

Has anyone had any experience with secondary cancers caused by long term use of Revlimid ? 1) What kind of cancer was caused 2) after how many years 3) how was it treated Thanks

Diagnosed with stage 3a multiple myeloma eight years ago. Had back surgery to replace t12 vertebrae with rods and spinal fusion. Then chemotherapy and radiation followed by stem cell transplant then Revlamed which caused me to have myeloma followed by surgery. Then had Car t transplant followed by Talvey I’m on now. Doing ok so far. That’s my journey with MM.

Are there ever any Healthtree events in Rockford, Illinois?

Diagnosed MM in May 2025, week 10 of 16 DVDR, lab work shows treatment is working great. Has anyone experienced ankles swelling? Doctor prescribed Lasix, which helps until next treatment.

I was diagnosed with MM 8 months ago. Ay that time, my spine had already collapsed with 12 vertebrae fractured. Some of the fractured vertebral bodies do not have lesions. I do not have recent bone density number, but my bones are translucent in X ray images. I have been on IV Zometa since February 2024, 4mg monthly. But I have been experiencing progressive compression of the spine and new fractures. Also, my ALT has been dropping steadily one month after the start of Zometa. Right now the reading is 37, a little below the normal range. Does anybody out there has similar experience? Has anybody used different drug for bone health? Thank you in advance for sharing.

I was diagnosed with MM in 2023 by a bone marrow biopsy. My Iga and lambda numbers were very high but my oncologist did not order the test that types the MM, he just confirmed my assumption that I had Iga lambda myeloma. I changed hematologists and she did order further testing and scans that hadn’t been done and said that according to testing I actually had IgG kappa myeloma. She has never explained to me when I’ve asked, how I can have elevated Iga and lambda values and actually be IgG kappa. Has this ever happened to anyone? Does it sound reasonable? I was also diagnosed with kappa restricted Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma later in 2023. Could that skew the results? No one has been able to give me a straight answer. I even paid for a second opinion from Stanford and still it’s vague.

60 yo high risk 6 months post transplant and my m-protein is still at 0.2, anyone else have same experience?? Was told may take several months to clear and also told may never clear. Thoughts??

I was diagnosed in January 2021 with high risk oglisecretory Lambda IgA mm. I was on the quad induction before ASCT in September, 2021. I’m currently on just Dex and FastPro. I have had 8 bone marrow biopsies with LOD of low numbers (no more than 24 and trending at 4-7). Although these seem to be good numbers, my IgK sequence A is what drs are following. This is the comment I have received from all 8 biopsies: “Given LOD per million (see page 3) and tracking behavior, it is possible that the presence of IgK Seq A in this sample may reflect “background “ rather than the initial clone of interest.” I guess this is uncommon. My bone marrow sample last time was over 4 million cells collected. Anyone else with this comment on their ClonoSEQ results? Thanks!