Yes, absolutely have him do the Transplant. My mom had Multiple Myleoma. She was diagnosed 7 years ago. Almost 7 years ago she had the transplant. The transplant gave her another 2 1/2 years of good life. She died in November 2007, but she fought a very tough battle. Good Luck.
On 2/26/2008
mmsurvivor wrote:
Hi: Select the Multiple myeloma page, scroll back to Feb 1 and there is a whole discussion on Stem cells pro and cons so you might want to read that. Not everyone agreed with me but that is what conversations are for and just for the record I DID not say I am against stem cell I just cited my personal experience with people I knew, and everyone has the right to make their own decisions.. Take care MMS
On 2/26/2008 zazu1234 wrote:
Well things never stop, or even slow down... cancer never sleeps !! Cancer seems to have a mission and a scary one. My brother has been on velcade, dex,thalidimide treatment, His cancer was extremely vigourous as DX in October and by December his myeloma load was 90% with IGg level of 9500 these numbers are off the charts and we are not sure how he survived to the first of the year. Doctors only said "the human body is a miracle" well I guess it is !! After only 12 treatments on Vel-dex-thal his numbers came down to 10%myeloma load and IGg is at 985 Now they want to do a stem cell transplant ASAP.My brother is terrified and after been given a few months of survival in october to stem cell transplant in march we may attribute this to Prayer,God and support in a positive way.People speak of "being positive" I understand now what that means. After being run through a wringer you just seem to find some superpower striength!!! and never quit ! miracles really do happen they really do !! After living my life (48 years) and becoming quite successful I now realize that while climbing this ladder of success that the ladder was against the wrong wall. I love my brother and I would "trade" all my posessions for just one more day with him.Life is a gift yes a gift .We should not have to have to have extreme grief to see this but sometimes it just works that way. I have learned so much in such a short time, Too bad I had to learn it this way.Love transcends it guides and provides Love each other as if it were the last time you will see them....... Love.