I don't know what is going on now. It appears that this band may not be myeloma after all.
I am so afraid to get my hopes up. I just spent 3 days coming to terms with the fact that this
remission did not last as long as I hoped and now it turns out this may be from an infection
or inflammation of some sort. The doctor said something to that effect but I thought that this
sentence meant that a tiny m-spike was detected. Apparently, it may not mean that. I think....
I don't know..... I'm trying to find out now...... OY!!!!!! My sister is in the medical field. I try not
to ask her questions as I know it's tough on her when it's a family member but she told me that
if this result did not say that it detected a monoclonal protein(it didn't) then the "band" it found
may be the IGG immunoglobulin reacting to an infection. She's a pretty smart cookie and labwork is what she does so I'm inclined to think the gal knows what she's talking about. Although he is asymptomatic for
one, there are a few labs that did show that he may have something like that going on.
Please GOD, let that be it.
Monday, June 15, 2009
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We're hoping with you guys, this sounds like a pretty good explanation, let's hope it's right! Has Tim's free light chain ratio been steady? (Not that I know how to interpret it, but it's another data point)
Yep. Both levels are normal and ratio in range too. Immunoglobulins all look
great. His labs actually look terrific, all things considered.
As much as I've learned about MM,
I still get stumped.
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