My Bone Marrow test results , 4 months after changing to Lenalidomide from Thalidomide , are out.
For 3 yrs prior to Dec 2014 , post Autologous Stem Cell transplant in Jan 2012 , i had been taking 50 mg and 100mg of Thalidomide.
My hubby , dad and I went to the hospital yesterday , to pick up the reports.
We were very apprehensive as to what the results would be. We opened the reports while walking towards the lift and saw the words ‘M spike – Not seen’ . Whatever that implied !!??
My Bone marrow aspiration was done exactly 5 days ago and that day i had asked my doctor about M spike ,what it meant and what should be the ideal value. He said that the value is ‘zero’ in a healthy individual.
When we showed the reports to my doctor , he said that the results are absolutely fantastic. ‘Not seen’ implies the M spike is ‘zero’ . He was extremely happy for us and we were very excited. The plasma cells too were less than 1% which was 10-12% 4 months ago ( a relapse)
I asked him if Lenalidomide is the reason, he replied ‘ you are responding very well to Lenalidomide’
In Dec 2014 my doc had said ‘ Sorry, you may have to be prepared for another round of SCT after 3 months’ and yesterday he said ‘No worry , we need not do the SCT now ,we can postpone till we reach 25 mg of Lenalidomide which is available in 5 mg , 10 mg, 15 mg, 20 mg and 25 mg and it may be 2 yrs or 5 yrs before we reach that dosage’
For now he told me to get back after 2 months with CBP , LFT and RFT reports.
Dad was so excited , he called up Mom and Sis and updated immediately.
Hubby immediately opened the first BMA report after 6 months of my transplant and showed us that the latest report is the best ever. The results even after the transplant were not as good as they are now 🙂
We thanked the doctor and the Almighty and came home.
We hadn’t mentioned the Alternative natural products that i had been using for the last 45 days.
I had discussed these during my visit last month when i went to show the CBP,LFT,RFT reports.
He had said i can go ahead with these products and that he is not against alternative treatments. His reply gave me a lot of relief.
I strongly believe that using natural supplements and immune boosting foods did have a major role in bringing down the M spike and plasma cells.
Will write all about my Ayurvedic protocol , inspired by Margaret , in detail in my next mail.
I am so excited that i wish to scream to the world about my Ayurvedic discovery and share with other patients suffering with Multiple Myeloma.
Here is an interesting article on Circumin( Turmeric) and Multiple Myeloma
