hello cath/poppy You would not believe it but my brother has gotten multiple myeloma in one of the best places in the world !!We have the M.M.R.F almost walking distance,Sloan Kettering and Yale within an hour drive. and our proximity to New York city is profound !! We will be going to Yale today even though It is snowing at the rate of 2 to 3 inches an hour !! I feel that he should be on a more aggressive regimen than thal-dex and maybe they will change his RX to rev-val-dex (but they certainly do not need me to advise them !!) I am a Real estate Developer and I know very little about medicine !!! BUT LEARNING FAST !! thank you so much for people like yourself and Kevin for supporting and responding to my desperate posts as they are very helpful !! I will let you both know how things go at Yale and if there may be something that may be on the horizon that may benefit you or him !! Many thanks and best wishes. Stay well , Ron