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From: richard3009651 on 14 Jul 2008 03:24
Following the operation to remove a growth from my fathers throat the
tests have shown myeloma cells present, prior to this he had a
solitary plamacytoma, is this now classed as multiple myeloma and is
chemotherapy now likely?

From: J on 14 Jul 2008 23:27
richard3009651(a)googlemail.com wrote:

> Following the operation to remove a growth from my fathers throat the
> tests have shown myeloma cells present, prior to this he had a
> solitary plamacytoma, is this now classed as multiple myeloma and is
> chemotherapy now likely?

Hello Richard,
Plasma cells?
I think you should do some reading (take some notes), and then go with
your father to get the details and ask questions.
http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/myeloma/HealthProfessional/page7

http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=4751
http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=3987

Last year Steph told someone else (in part) that "about 50% of patients
with plasmacytoma will develop
myeloma eventually. The diagnosis is not based on whether the plasmacytoma

disappears or not - it's the same disease as myeloma, only localised. The
diagnosis of MM requires multiple lytic lesions in bones, or a positive
bone
marrow. "

I'd probably have ~10 questions for the doctor, but I can't do it for you.

I would need more information from the doctor, before deciding which
questions to ask first and which to skip, if the doctor(s) answers some of
them while answering other inquiries.

Is it possible for you to go with your father?
Please keep in touch and let us know how it goes.
J

From: Steph on 15 Jul 2008 02:42

<richard3009651(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:8814630f-b28d-43a1-af68-b6c6340cd77b(a)z66g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> Following the operation to remove a growth from my fathers throat the
> tests have shown myeloma cells present, prior to this he had a
> solitary plamacytoma, is this now classed as multiple myeloma and is
> chemotherapy now likely?
>


Very likely

From: richard3009651 on 15 Jul 2008 04:25
On Jul 15, 7:42 am, "Steph" <st...(a)vancouvers.island> wrote:
> <richard3009...(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:8814630f-b28d-43a1-af68-b6c6340cd77b(a)z66g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Following the operation to remove a growth from my fathers throat the
> > tests have shown myeloma cells present, prior to this he had a
> > solitary plamacytoma, is this now classed as multiple myeloma and is
> > chemotherapy now likely?
>
> Very likely

Thankyou for your help so far, I have read on the net that as a rough
guide 3 years is an upper end survival rate with Myeloma is this true?
feel free to be frank and honest Im under no illusions as to what he
is dealing with here, I will feel better equiped to deal with the
situation if I have time for the reality to sink in, rather than to
build my hopes

From: Steph on 15 Jul 2008 13:20

<richard3009651(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:0caf8be0-6a43-4c95-bad0-205cf71945eb(a)i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 15, 7:42 am, "Steph" <st...(a)vancouvers.island> wrote:
> <richard3009...(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:8814630f-b28d-43a1-af68-b6c6340cd77b(a)z66g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Following the operation to remove a growth from my fathers throat the
> > tests have shown myeloma cells present, prior to this he had a
> > solitary plamacytoma, is this now classed as multiple myeloma and is
> > chemotherapy now likely?
>
> Very likely

Thankyou for your help so far, I have read on the net that as a rough
guide 3 years is an upper end survival rate with Myeloma is this true?
feel free to be frank and honest Im under no illusions as to what he
is dealing with here, I will feel better equiped to deal with the
situation if I have time for the reality to sink in, rather than to
build my hopes
=========================================================
Median survival is 3-4 years, but that means half of patients do worse, half
do better. Some do very much better. Depending on your father's age and
general health, chmotherapy and/or bone marrow transplant are the standard
treatments, with radiotherapy for any painful lesions.

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