6th Cycle - March 29 thru April 9

I really did hit the wall this cycle, with nausea and loss of appetite, and terrible fatigue and leg aches.  I got through the first week ok but was not looking forward to the next week's infusions.  I complained and the onc decided to cut the infusions down to one per week.  As I'm writing this, I've been off for a little over a week and feeling much stronger although still fairly weak and tired in the legs.  But I'm eating better and able to walk a little better too.  

I had my quarterly onc appointment and found out that this Velcade treatment is having only marginal results.  The MM is not progressing but it's not disappearing either.  That's disappointing. It looks like we'll continue Velcade until it starts progressing again, then try something else and hope it works for a while.  Maybe I'll start looking out for clinical trials.  Emory Medical Center does a lot of MM work so it shouldn't be hard to find something to try when the time comes.