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[quote=Anonymous]My MIL unfortunately passed away from MM earlier this year. She was diagnosed about 4 years ago - she also had back/rib pain and was feeling extremely tired and weak (her primary care doctor initially said it was allergies, thankfully she went back in a week later and a NP told her to go to the hospital immediately). I think it really depends on what stage they catch it, for my MIL she was in a later stage. If they had caught it before it progressed, I think she would have had more time with us but who knows.

She did a autologous stem cell transplant, where they took her stem cells and "cleaned" them. She also went through chemo. This treatment kept her numbers down for about 2 years, and she led a pretty normal life.

Unfortunately last year her numbers spiked and the doctors (she went through treatment at John's Hopkins, and her doctor was wonderful) wanted to do a stem cell transplant with a donor. Her numbers never got low enough to the point where they could do the stem cell transplant (she was on this chemo maintenance drug type thing during this time). Our last hope was that we could get her "healthy" enough to get into a clinic trial, she just never got to that point.

I would say if they catch it in the early stages, we were told with treatment that the person can live 10, 15, 20 years with limited/no issues. My MIL was just so sick by the time the diagnosed her, I think that really limited her time. There isn't a cure but can be manageable with different treatments. Prayers for your Dad, OP.[/quote]

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