I underwent 5 rounds of VAD chemotherapy, 2 courses of cytoxan and a peripheral blood stem cell transplant all in 1995. Over the next few years I learned that I had to contend with a variety of short and long term side effects including peripheral neuropathy, lumbo-sacral plexopathy, chemo brain, chronic deep vein thrombosis and irritable bladder, among others.

Of the many complementary therapies that I use to manage my myeloma and side effects from past conventional therapies, daily exercise is the most effective for me.