What is Multiple-Myeloma
Multiple myeloma (also known as MM, myeloma, plasma cell myeloma, or as Kahler's disease after Otto Kahler) is a type of cancer of plasma cells, immune system cells in bone marrow ...
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Sunday November 22, 2009
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Boy was this a dizzy day pretty much all day long. So different from yesterday. Had my blood drawn for PTT and it was high - 3.7 - so they told me to not take the Coumadin today. Wonder if that's why I've been so dizzy. Otherwise, it was a nice day. Saw friends, did tai chi class (where I wasn't dizzy at all). Tomorrow I'm going to make a fairly...
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Pretty even day pulse-wise. Didn't feel the usual pressure around my heart. Was home and quiet most of the day but went out once to the store and it didn't stir things up much at all. No dizziness to speak of all day which I just realized and is amazing. The sore place on the back of my left knee that worried me all day yesterday is gone. Made sure of arrange...1 Recommendation2 Comments
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It's been an okay day. Haven't noticed any huge difference because of not taking the Atenolol today (in preparation for the nuclear stress test tomorrow). I made a therapy appointment with a brand new therapist I found in my insurance preferred providers book, who turns out to specialize in medical psychology - how appropriate. Told her I just need to deal with the fear I'...1 Recommendation3 Comments
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Follow-up visit to cardiologist today. It was really hard. A friend took me, thank goodness. The doctor is a young, expressionless hurried woman who looked impatient during most of the 15 minutes I got with her to ask questions. I wish I could just change to someone else but it would take so long to be sure of finding someone halfway warm and I don't have that kind of ...1 Recommendation3 Comments
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First day of a new month and it's been only 1.5 months since this all started. The major tests have been done to determine my general heart health and I've been on medication to keep me from clotting, but no real progress has happened in terms of ever returning to normal sinus rhythm. Transferred my care to a specialist last week but I'm not feeling the really strong conne...1 Recommendation1 Comment
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Spent Mother's Day ferrying a very sick cat to the weekend emergency vet and battling the staff there to give me information that made sense and try to keep the cost in any kind of reasonable range. Lost the fight on both counts. Had to leave her there overnight and will have to ferry over to get her at 7:30 am before they close for the day. Only got 5-6 hours of sleep, my h...1 Recommendation2 Comments
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This morning at 9 am I will be seeing the OHSU cardiologist for the second time. First time was when I went for a second opinion about cardioversion and he thought the Holter monitor should be reviewed because I might not need it. Now it sounds like he's reviewed it himself and decided I do need it and the hideous life-threatening antiarrhythmic drugs that follow. So in abou...1 Recommendation1 Comment
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Date is now set for cardioversion - June 6, Friday. I'm supposed to show up at noon at OHSU and if all goes well leave for home by 3 pm. The nurse rattled off to me on the phone some instructions and I had to request that she send them in writing. That was a surprise. Woke early this morning ruminating over how this whole mistake got made in the first place - for the z...1 Recommendation1 Comment
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My back is really hurting through the night and still now. I'm going to have to call the doctor's office when they open and see about coming in and/or getting another urinalysis tomorrow when I finish the antibiotic to make sure it worked. Found out by reading online that Macrobid is not wide spectrum and may not do the job. I'm worried there may be kidney infection ...1 Recommendation3 Comments
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I found this site last night,I was looking for that poem that says what cancer cannot take from you! I was feeling just totally beaten and felt that cancer has taken or in the process of taking everything away from me.I still feel like that. My husband retired last summer and we moved to this small town and absolutely love it.We sold our house ,didn't make any money but walked awa...1 Recommendation1 Comment
