I was 59. Just 6 weeks earlier I had a new employee blood workup, and there were no red flags. This developed that quickly. All my counts were through the floor; the admitting doctor in the ER was amazed that my body had compensated as much as it did.
Everyone's comments about seeing lower ages being diagnosed are on the money. It's recognized that more and more younger folks are coming down with it. That raises the question of environmental as well as genetic causes. I understand research is being conducted now on those.
Good luck to all of you. May you enjoy many more years of good health, love, and joy.
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Re: Weekly Poll - Age At Diagnosis For Active Multiple Myelo
Looks like a younger ages than I would have expected. Could it be a younger population that reads The Beacon? Very interesting!
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KrisGrand
Re: Weekly Poll - Age At Diagnosis For Active Multiple Myelo
I was 32! It was in JAnuary 2010 (nearly 2 years ago) I am now 34 and just got married. I have only encountered a few people who were as young as I was, though I see many folks ~ 50 years or so give or take. So this is younger then what everyone says this is a retired person's cancer. I am back at work since just over aone year post diagnosis.
Still have many unanswered questions about what i should expect / do with my life since it was interupted by Mulitple Myeloma right when my career started to take off. Now I'm sort of back at my old job (more entry level not what I wanted to do long term, but what I did to put myself through school) and trying to get my career going again. Also I had not started a family yet so my husband and I are sort of walking on eggshells about that issue at the moment, I don't think I will pass in the near future, but we are not quite ready to think beyond that. When you are diagnosed with this cancer that is not considered curable (especially as a young person) you are forced to wrestle with all these questions about your future,
My docto told me is the Survivor Burden, and yes I agree it is hard
Still have many unanswered questions about what i should expect / do with my life since it was interupted by Mulitple Myeloma right when my career started to take off. Now I'm sort of back at my old job (more entry level not what I wanted to do long term, but what I did to put myself through school) and trying to get my career going again. Also I had not started a family yet so my husband and I are sort of walking on eggshells about that issue at the moment, I don't think I will pass in the near future, but we are not quite ready to think beyond that. When you are diagnosed with this cancer that is not considered curable (especially as a young person) you are forced to wrestle with all these questions about your future,
My docto told me is the Survivor Burden, and yes I agree it is hard
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Alysssa
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