Best wishes to your mom! As you will see from previous entries I've been on Revlimid for 15 months and before that I had blood transfusions (2 bags each time) every three weeks for a year because of my low hem. Now my hem, which use to go down to 90ish, is up to 145 - the highest ever since I was first diagnosed and I have heaps of energy. Good luck for your mom -- I started at 50mg, went down to 25mg and finally stabilised on 10mg of Revlimid per day for 21 days with a 7 day rest - with NO dex. - 12 mo ago. Basically no side effects with the exception of mild loss of appitite occasionally -- but I force myself to eat something even on those days and continue to drink at least 2 litres of water every day. I hope that your mom gets the same value that I've had with Revlimid and that there will be something else for her when she needs it. Best wishes, Cath