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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm sorry you're dealing with this. My MIL has MM -- doctors started watching her blood cell count many years ago when she had a bout with another form of cancer. As I understand it, a couple years ago the MM cells started increasing and they began treating with radiation and chemo. A little more than a year ago she elected to undergo a stem cell transplant.

There should be no sugarcoating the fact that the stem cell transplant is a very rough procedure. The patient is in the hospital for at least 6 weeks and the first few weeks after are really hard. And then there's the recovery after the hospital. I would think you'd have to be otherwise pretty healthy to get through it (which my MIL is; still runs daily!). For my MIL it was all worth it, though -- she's in remission at this point and is on "maintenance" drugs.

If you're local, both Johns Hopkins and University of Maryland Medical Center are top notch in terms of treatment. Good luck with everything -    [/quote]

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