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Figuring out all those tests and staging...

by Multibilly on Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:12 am

I get asked for my take on various tests and initial staging from time to time. I found these two links really do a great job of boiling it down to just the essential basics that most folks need to know as they get into this disease...but you always still want to see a multiple myeloma specialist if you've got this disease:

http://www.errolozdalga.com/medicine/pages/CW/MultipleMyeloman.cw.1.6.11.html

http://errolozdalga.com/medicine/pages/SPEP.UPEPOverview.cr.5.10.11.html

Multibilly
Name: Multibilly
Who do you know with myeloma?: Me
When were you/they diagnosed?: Smoldering, Nov, 2012

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