I have recently been diagnoisised with M protien and I also have anemia, kidney insufficency and bone pain. The MD said he will be scheduling me for a kidney biopsy and a bone marrow biopsy. I am of course scared to death. I am a nurse and had never had too much exposure to myeloma My question is prognoisis and what am I looking at. I have a 90 yr old patient of mine who has had MM for five years now and is doing realtively ok. I am 45 and wonder will i be doing as well as her in five years or is the prognosis shorter than that for someone younger with the complications I have?