Maintenance Cycle 4 complete, Tough Mudder, and the aftermath… (spoiler alert: I was in the hospital)

I marked my 1 year anniversary of remission on June 7! Just four more to go until I can get life insurance again. :)

Maintenance Cycles 9 and 10 finished..

Hi friends, I’m in the middle of cycle 11 now. My labs have been great, and I’m still in sCR. (Stringent Complete Response)

This phase of my treatment ends, thankfully, in February. After my 12 maintenance cycles of KRd are finished…

Maintenance Cycle 6 complete, femur pics

I just started cycle 7 this week..

Myeloma labs came back good. no m-spike, still in sCR remission.

I’m back on 2 doses every two weeks. The single dose every 2 weeks sounded like a good idea, but it was…

Bone Marrow Biopsy, Lab Results, Immune System

First the good news. Myeloma labs came in, and as expected, I’m still in remission with no M-Spike.

tl;dr for the rest of this post: 1) my immune system is pretty busted, and 2) I’m in a lot of pain.

I think Kiefer Sutherland is trolling me..

My bone marrow biopsy in February showed 24 parts per million of cancerous cells. The biopsy from last week shows… 24. still.

MRD results and next steps

Well friends, we were hoping to see 0 cancer as measured down to 1:1,000,000 cells. We were around 100ppm (parts per million) last August before the 4 consolidation rounds of KRD.

Maintenance Cycle 1 Complete

Greetings from London Heathrow. I’ve got a little layover, this will be quick.. I’m super late with this update, sorry about that!

I’ll be traveling in Europe for about 2 weeks for some work and some vacation. This is the first time I’ve been out of the…