Myeloma is not always easy to assess. In many cases, the usual types of tests don't reveal anything useful. For some of us, such as for me, the only laboratory test of value is the Freelite©, which measures the numbers of light chains in serum and ...
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The Freelite© Chain Assay and more...


The Freelite© Chain Assay

Myeloma is not always easy to assess. In many cases, the usual types of tests don't reveal anything useful. For some of us, such as for me, the only laboratory test of value is the Freelite©, which measures the numbers of light chains in serum and calculates the ratio between the two.

I have no problem with the test except that patients often...

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SAY HELLO TO EVE!

Eve
After the allogeneic transplant was mightily intensified by an infusion of donor lymphocytes (my donor gave a second time for the DLI!), my old blood and marrow were gone. What I have now grew from my donor's cells, giving a whole new meaning to the farmer's tomato-adoring phrase, "home growner." I can no longer say things such as "my...

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Do These Shoes Make Me Look Fat?

Tiresias
The thought popped into my head unbidden. After the allogeneic transplant in 2010, my chimerism tested 100% donor. In theory, that meant that none of my old blood and marrow remained in my body. In other blood cancers, such as lymphoma, donor lymphocytes (DLIs) are often given after the allogeneic transplant to achieve the goal of...

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The Hybrid Man

A, B, O, AB. If you are someone like me, who wishes Grey's Anatomy to end soon and forever (if I thought any medical staff behaved like the staff of Seattle Grace, I'd never go near an hospital again), then you've also heard, when transfusions are involved, the order to "type and crossmatch" the blood. You know that mixing types can be dangerous....

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COMPLETE REMISSION: Part 1.5

After 2005 auto transplant | After 2010 Allo | After 2011 DLI
Be sure to click on the photo for the large view.
Today, for the first time since early December, and with considerable assistance, I made it downstairs from the second floor (sixteen steps and a landing), got in the car, then went back...

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