Myeloma and Skin Cancer Risk

Technically, multiple myeloma has nothing to do with your skin cancer risk. I am writing this post because myeloma therapies, according to research, increase your risk of skin cancer. If you are the average

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Cannabis Manages Myeloma Pain

Medical cannabis manages myeloma pain according to the research linked below. When I say “myeloma pain,” I mean pain that occurs from the damage caused by the cancer itself, as well as pain

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Cannabis, Myeloma, Side Effects

Can cannabis manage myeloma side effects? To manage multiple myeloma, patients and survivors must reduce pain and other side effects while enhancing the efficacy of conventional myeloma therapies. According

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Myeloma Stage and Overall Survival

How does the newly diagnosed myeloma patient’s (NDMM) stage affect the overall survival and therapy plan? Why do some oncologists tell patients that the stage doesn’t make a difference and

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Myeloma and Artificial Intelligence?

Myeloma and artificial intelligence, aka AI? Yes, I have learned that AI helps me research, write about, and manage multiple myeloma. The first step in thinking about myeloma and artificial intelligence

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Myeloma and Dietary Supplementation

Myeloma and dietary supplementation should be discussed by you and those medical professionals who are working with you to manage your incurable blood cancer. Unfortunately, according to the study linked

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vitamin D supplementation slows cellular senescence

Why is it significant that vitamin D supplementation slows cellular senescence? Because chemotherapy causes cellular senescence. Or, to put it another way, chemotherapy can age you. As MM survivors know,

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Myeloma, Vitamin D and Gut Health

Myeloma, vitamin D, and gut health are linked according to the Medscape article linked below. And if you are an MM patient, you may already be supplementing with vitamin D. However, the article below highlights

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Age, Myeloma, CAR-T

Age is a negative predictor of CAR-T therapy efficacy according to the research linked below. Because myeloma is a cancer mainly in older people (the average age of newly diagnosed MM patients is 70),

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Exercise, Myeloma and Gut Health

According to the article below, exercise supports gut health. As previous posts have pointed out, myeloma patients do better with diverse gut microbiomes. As for exercise and MM patients in general, I

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Possible Side Effects- Autologous Stem Cell Transplant

What are all of the possible side effects of an autologous stem cell transplant? I had an ASCT in December of 1995. Over the past 30-odd years, I’ve experienced many short-term, long-term, and late-stage

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Chemo Causes Bone Loss in Myeloma?

Can chemo cause bone loss in myeloma patients and survivors? Yes, according to both the article and video linked below. As myeloma patients already know, their blood cancer, multiple myeloma, c also cause

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