Comments on: Kidney Failure In Multiple Myeloma Patients – Part 4: Hemodialysis

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:21:53 +0000

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By: Grace

Grace — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:25:32 +0000

Beverly, my father , age 79, was diagnosed with Myeloma in July 2008.
Since then he went through 3 different chemo Melphalano, Velcade and now Zometa plus doing Radiotherapy in his vert. column . We never know how long a pacient will survive. They react different to the medication. Some of them have more side effects and other pacients dont feel side effects. My father also had complications like Herpes because of the low immunity. Myeloma releases lots of Calcium from the bones in the blood and this makes the kidney work too hard to filter. My father is a phisician for 52 years now and had as a hobby to make wine in home . He also always liked to plant the grape vines and was exposed to chemicals and fertilizers in a daily basis because he never missed a day without walking between the grapevines that he palnted.
Your husband is very young and he may respond well to the medication. Keep your hope. There is many alternative treatments . Every day they find something new. Only this month of January we find a Doctor that was able to keep him without pain and also eating better. I dont know a lot. Just could not go away without giving you a word after reading your post. Try to find the IMF, International Fundation of Myeloma. You can read the pacients histories and exchange ideas. Also you need to eat and sleep well to be able to help him .
Hope I helped
Grace

By: Beverly Marking

Beverly Marking — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:31:49 +0000

My husband, age 59, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in mid-December, 2009, and since then he has kidney failure and now is on dialysis. He was also receiving chemotherapy for 1 week, and had to have chemo suspended because he developed a fever of 103 and was taken to our local hospital. Then, he developed on-going nosebleeds and near an area by his catheter, which could not be stopped for a couple of hours. He has since been transferred to a larger medical center in Milwaukee, WI because the last time he had dialysis in our local hospital, an RN noticed his skin was very yellow. He was diagnosed as Stage 3 with the multiple myeloma. (He is a farmer for the last 38 years, dealing with various chemicals and fertilizer for our crops).

I do not know if he is or will be considered a candidate for a stem cell transplant, he is so sick. What is his prognosis for survival and does anyone have any idea how long he might survive? It is a great worry to me and my children.

I would appreciate an in depth response to my husband’s diagnosis of the multiple myeloma with kidney failure.

Thankyou so much.