Multiple Myeloma an incurable disease, but I have spent the last 25 years in remission using a blend of conventional oncology and evidence-based nutrition, supplementation, and lifestyle therapies from peer-reviewed studies that your oncologist probably hasn't told you about.
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Does quercetin synergize the chemotherapy drug velcade (bortezomib) in the treatment of multiple myeloma? While your average oncologist may say no, studies say yes. I am holding out the anti-supplement
Continue readingWhat does the term “remission” mean to cancer patients? I ask this because people who live with my cancer, multiple myeloma, are in and out of remission for their entire lives. The technical
Continue readingAn Autologous Stem Cell Transplant (ASCT) is a component of the FDA standard-of-care therapy plan for all newly diagnosed myeloma patients. An ASCT is high dose, aggressive chemotherapy. As a medical
Continue readingWill I die of cyclophosphamide (cytoxan) induced cardiomyopathy someday? Or maybe die of hemohorragic cystitis that leads to bladder cancer? Impossible to predict. I can say, however, that the chemotherapy
Continue readingHi David- So, I had biopsy a few weeks ago and follow up meeting with my doctor. Now, biopsy results are good (attached) and my doctor says she wants to take me off low-dose Revlimid maintenance (LDRM)
Continue reading“Second Primary Malignancy (SPM) is not a phenomenon of cancer recurrence or metastasis, but it is suffering from another cancer (different from first primary malignancy)” I was diagnosed with
Continue readingPermanent Myelosuppression caused by high-dose, aggressive treatment of an autologous stem cell transplant happens. The challenge is that it is impossible to determine how often ASCT caused permanent bone
Continue reading“This is the first study that puts chemo-brain on a sound scientific footing, in terms of neurobiology and cellular biology.” After years of denials, excuses and stalling from conventional oncology
Continue readingCardiotoxicity is a subject and side effect that is near and dear to my heart. I was prescribed dox as a part of my 6 rounds of induction therapy for my multiple myeloma. I then received two rounds of
Continue readingPre-Myeloma Explained is a pillar page linking dozens of pre-myeloma focused blog posts on PeopleBeatingCancer. If you care to learn more about a pre-myeloma topic such as symptoms, staging, diagnostic
Continue readingCancer is still a leading cause of death, but scientists are working hard to find better ways to treat and prevent the disease. In this article, we’ll look at some of the most promising breakthroughs
Continue readingAdult childhood cancer survivors are adults who had cancer as an infant or as a child. According to the studies linked and excerpted below, cognitive decline can be a late stage side effect- meaning that
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