3rd Cycle - January 25 thru February 6

And like before, this cycle was uneventful.  The only thing to report is that I had a mild, one-day reaction to the H1N1 flu shot I got.  Which I'm taking as a good sign that the immune system is doing something again.  I had no reaction to the seasonal flu shot I got several months ago.  It was probably worthless.


Even though I'm not much of a joiner, I decided to go to an MM support group meeting Saturday, and I'm glad I did.  Considering that only a small percentage of patients even know about or can attend these meetings, I am really surprised that over 30 people attend.  It's somehow encouraging to know that there a lot of others who are in the battle too.  But best of all was hearing about a number of different treatments that are being tried.  I had always assumed that there was a standard therapy and that was what I was getting.  Instead, there are all kinds of combinations of drugs being tried, since everyone's disease apparently reacts differently.   And a lot of side effect situations too.  It was interesting and educational to hear what's going on outside my own MM world.


I have no knowledge of how my MM is responding to the recent Velcade.  I can't get the lab results that really matter; this is going to have to change somehow.  I'm pretty sure that my onc has blocked their release to keep me from getting discouraged but it's making me anxious instead.  There's going to be a confrontation...  (He'll probably win out.  He usually does.)