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Re: M spike has gotten higher during treatment - how common?

by kjpoppit on Fri Feb 07, 2014 4:58 pm

Update: My doctor had the lab recheck the results. The lab did have an error. My M-spike was actually .3 which I think is good news. My doctor is now going to get in touch with my Seattle doctor about the stem cell transplant.

kjpoppit
Name: Kim Nelson
Who do you know with myeloma?: Me
When were you/they diagnosed?: Sept. 19th, 2013
Age at diagnosis: 47

Re: M spike has gotten higher during treatment - how common?

by Multibilly on Fri Feb 07, 2014 10:24 pm

So, your IgA is now reading greater than 300 mg/dL (it was 214 before, and lower than your M-Spike, which didn't make a lot of sense to me)?

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

Re: M spike has gotten higher during treatment - how common?

by kjpoppit on Sat Feb 08, 2014 2:02 am

The retest shows my IGA is 214 in the normal range. The IGg is 648 which is low but getting higher with each test. The M-spike on retest is 0.3. The kappa light chains 1.99 which is low and gamma light chains 7.22 in normal range. The ratio kappa/lamda is 0.28 in normal range.

The doctor didn't seem to think any of this seemed out of line.

kjpoppit
Name: Kim Nelson
Who do you know with myeloma?: Me
When were you/they diagnosed?: Sept. 19th, 2013
Age at diagnosis: 47

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