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Do you have fibromyalgia and multiple myeloma?
Has anyone been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and multiple myeloma? My mom was told she had fibromyalgia for 3+ years before they finally did bloodwork or urine work. It makes me so angry ...
Re: Do you have fibromyalgia and multiple myeloma?
I do not have multiple myeloma, I have MGUS (monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance). I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia at least 20 years ago. I was tested for a paraprotein one year ago.
In the past several years, I've developed a lot more symptoms that did not seem consistent with fibromyalgia, or which seemed different than what I had experienced in the past, so I saw my doctor frequently to determine the cause.
Last year when I developed peripheral neuropathy and significant pain, significant enough to make it difficult to walk, he referred me to a neurologist, who found the paraprotein.
I cannot speak for other doctors though. I believe now that, if you have neuropathy, testing is frequently done to see if an M-spike exists. I do not know if rheumatologists test for it when determining if there is a paraprotein though. I have seen rheumatologists many times, but there was never a mention of a monoclonal gammopathy.
Do you mean your mother never had any testing done, whatsoever? I know fibromyalgia is diagnosed symptomatically, but every rheumatologist or internist I've seen has run blood tests to rule out any other cause. What type of physician did she see?
In the past several years, I've developed a lot more symptoms that did not seem consistent with fibromyalgia, or which seemed different than what I had experienced in the past, so I saw my doctor frequently to determine the cause.
Last year when I developed peripheral neuropathy and significant pain, significant enough to make it difficult to walk, he referred me to a neurologist, who found the paraprotein.
I cannot speak for other doctors though. I believe now that, if you have neuropathy, testing is frequently done to see if an M-spike exists. I do not know if rheumatologists test for it when determining if there is a paraprotein though. I have seen rheumatologists many times, but there was never a mention of a monoclonal gammopathy.
Do you mean your mother never had any testing done, whatsoever? I know fibromyalgia is diagnosed symptomatically, but every rheumatologist or internist I've seen has run blood tests to rule out any other cause. What type of physician did she see?
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Toni - Name: Toni
- Who do you know with myeloma?: self - MGUS
- When were you/they diagnosed?: April 2014
- Age at diagnosis: 51
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