Hi Mary,
I am not much of a writer, but I am going try. I have had MM since Sept. 1997, but didn't start treatment until 1999 with check ups ones a month for a year and half. If at all possible please contact The American Cancer Society (ACS) at
http://www.cancer.org/ and also The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation at
http://www.multiplemyeloma.org/.
You see I was 58 years old when I got the word about MM and didn’t like it, but then my wife sat down talked about with my boys and then with the two Societies’ above. Oh yes also this site, MyCancerCompass, at
http://www.mycancercompass.com.
I hope this helps, good luck.
Bill