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My hip fractured one day while I was just at home. I could not move. I called my husband to come home and we called our Oncologist as I had previously had breast cancer and thought this was something to do with that. I was taken to the hospital and had surgery for a hip replacement, during that surgery they discovered the Multiple Myeloma and thus began my journey. I was treated for a year on medication and following that I had a stem cell transplant in 2006 and have been in remission since that time. I took Revlamid for several years but currently I am not on any medication for the myeloma.

— Judy K. 

I was diagnosed in August 2002. I was 67 years old and I am now 79 years old. I have been receiving treatment since that time–as my numbers get to a low point, I get a break from chemo–sometimes as long as six months with just monitering every 6 weeks. I have wonderful medical direction, and so happy to have been able to watch my grandchildren grow. The youngest will graduate from high school in 2015–I plan to be there. I am so thankful my internist discovered my illness in a routine physical and sent me to an oncologist immedicately. I appreciate newsletters and information I receive from The International Myeloma Foundation–Thank you!

— Jo M.