Terry started her new regimen a few days ago. They have added cytoxan to her velade and high dose i.v. dexamethasone. She will be on this for one cycle and then revlimid will be added. The velcade causes her to get some severe bone pain, especially in her sternum and right hip. So she is on two narcotics to help with the pain. She will suffer a lot of pain before taking either of the narcotics. She is keeping up her spirits and always has a positive attitude. She is a lot stronger person that I would be in the same situation.
Her PET scan came back and as we expected her myeloma is fairly diffuse among her long bones and a few other bones that produce marrow. She also has a few soft tissue problems that we are told will go away with the myeloma when the therapy works. Now we have to HOPE (our theme) that the new chemo cocktail does what we want.
This is another battle to fight in the war against multiple myeloma. Please keep your prayers coming for Terry. God bless you all.
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