Diagnosed in July 2012
I was diagnosed with myeloma at the age of 49 after leading a fit and healthy life and I rarely visited my doctor .
In May 2011 I started getting a pain in my hip and my gp prescribed pain killers suggesting it might be a groin strain .
It got steadily got worse until eventually after breaking a rib he did a bloodtest in june 2012 and i was diagnosed in the july .
It was a plasmacytoma in my hip and I had multiple lesions everywhere including my skull.
I was put straight onto the myeloma Xl clinical trial at the Royal Derby Hospital and had a bone marrow transplant the following January.
I've been in remission until breaking my arm through a lytic lesion in January and am now on the myeloma XII trial and will have another transplant in the new year.
Onwards and upwards. I'm feeling fine apart from a bit of pain in my hip and arm and a bit of neuropathy in my hands.
I'm on Ninlaro/dex/thalidomide until my transplant.
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