I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, Kappa IgG in 2019. I went to the doctor because of extreme rib pain and x-rays showed multiple rib fractures and lesions in over 85% of my bones. After starting my first treatment regimen of dexa, velcade, and Revlimid, I started getting intense discomfort around my ribs, around the diaphragm. It feels like I have pressure pushing up on my chest, almost like when I was 9 months pregnant. Or, like someone has tied a rope around the bottom of my chest and is pulling it really tight. I have tried tracking everything to determine if something triggers it, but I cannot find a correlation to anything, except that it usually gets worse as the day progresses. I know that something in my chest is expanding or swelling, because my bra becomes tighter as the day progresses and I have to take it off for relief. This discomfort in the diaphragm area has continued even after my stem cell transplant, where I achieved partial remission. I have since come out of remission, gone back into treatment and my most recent bone marrow biopsy shows MRD. However, I continue to have this discomfort and nobody can figure out what is causing it or how to relieve the pressure. I do take Lorazepam (Ativan) 0.5 mg which does help somewhat. Has anyone experienced this type of rib discomfort?