Onwards and Upwards

Great news yesterday. I met with my consultant to review my progress and to prepare for the start of cycle 3 which began today. Following the first cycle of treatment the para-proteins had dropped from 65 to 33. They are expecting that the reductions will tail of a little so they don’t expect to see such a rapid reduction following cycle 2 but its all good. I’m hoping to get the results from cycle 2 soon.

The third cycle started today and the consultant said he’d expect a minimum of four cycles. He also said that some people can require many more, sometimes up to ten cycles. I don’t really mind how many it takes as long as everything heads in the right direction. The less cycles taken though means I’ll be able to head to the stem cell harvesting and then onto the transplant quicker. I realise that not everyone is offered the stem cell harvesting as it really depends on a number of factors but for me, one of the lucky ones I can’t wait.

Treatment is still going well with very few side effects so I’m in a happy place 🙂

For anyone reading this who is also going through treatment – I hope things are going well. If not chin up and think positive.