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My sentiments exactly! Thank you. This is a momentously difficult journey, with life-altering decisions racing at me. Part of the recent struggle has been the ego of my current onc. This has no place in this environment. What a pity. Thank you for your comment.

It does not strike me that an SCT is a "one size fits all" solution. That is my common sense speaking. I began at Stage I last September, with numbers that were not terribly high, although above Ref. Range. Currently, the M-Spike is unquantifiable, whereas the highest it had been was 0.5. The Kappa Light Chain (the kind I have) is at 9 now, and the highest it had been was 35. I am feeling very well at this time, and I do think it would be a prudent path to go down, engaging in high risk that could easily curtail not only my well-being by putting me in harm's way, but also curtailing the quality of life in the short-term as well as long-term.

Hi there, I am not a nurse, but I am a multiple myeloma patient with Stage I myeloma. I have been in active treatment for the past half year or so, and the MM specialist has been literally pushing me into a Stem Cell Transplant. Having preambled with the above, I was wondering whether any nurses have had this experience with either a doctor they have been working with, or with a hospital / clinic SCT department. Needless to say this is most disconcerting, and I apologize in advance for my forward question. But I think you would understand my concern in the position I currently find myself in. Thank you so much. Kind regards, Maurice