When I was originally diagnosed with multiple myeloma in February of 1994, if I had known that antineoplaston therapy would work so well with no side effects, I would certainly have done that multiple myeloma treatment therapy without pursuing conventional toxic therapies. However, that is 20/20 hindsight. One of the goals of this site is to discuss the symptoms, diagnosis, management and healing of my side effects so that others in this situation can learn from my experience. Since my original multiple myeloma diagnosis in February of 1994, I have learned that there are three management issues with my disease.
- management of my first myeloma occurrence
- management of my relapsed myeloma
- management of my side effects
As I have described in other pages on this site, I failed conventional therapies twice after three years of effort. I then underwent antineoplaston therapy for 17 months, went into complete remission and have stayed in complete remission since then (I am writing this on 3/22/06).
I undergo a Free Light Chain blood assay every six months to monitor my disease. For more information on the Free Light Chain test for myeloma, go to: www.bindingsite.com
In the complimentary section of this site, I have written about antineoplaston therapy and the many other complimentary therapies that I do to help keep my multiple myeloma in complete remission. I expect to continue to do these therapies regardless of what my multiple myeloma is doing.
The rest of this section will describe those side effects which occurred as a result of the toxic chemotherapy and radiation during my conventional therapy.
As I have learned since my conventional therapy, the keys to managing my side effects are:
- accurate diagnosis of the side effect
- research possible therapies to heal the side effect
- measurement of progression or regression that side effect