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For all of you who currently have MGUS, how long has it been since you were diagnosed with MGUS?

Poll ended at Wed Jun 11, 2014 12:07 pm

less than 6 months
15
14%
at least 6 months, but less than 1 year
13
12%
at least 1 year, but less than 2 years
22
20%
at least 2 years, but less than 3 years
12
11%
at least 3 years, but less than 4 years
10
9%
at least 4 years, but less than 5 years
7
6%
at least 5 years, but less than 6 years
6
5%
at least 6 years, but less than 7 years
3
3%
at least 7 years, but less than 8 years
5
5%
at least 8 years, but less than 10 years
6
5%
at least 10 years, but less than 15 years
10
9%
15 or more years
1
1%
 
Total votes : 110

Weekly Poll - How Long Since Your MGUS Diagnosis? - 2014

by Beacon Staff on Tue May 27, 2014 12:07 pm

Welcome to this week's Beacon Weekly Polls. This week’s questions are about how long it's been since your diagnosis. This poll is specifically for patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS).

Separate polls are being run this week for patients whose most recent myeloma-related diagnosis was smoldering myeloma or multiple myeloma (see the links below in this posting).

A few clarifications:

First, as indicated in the question, you should only respond if you currently have MGUS, and you have never had active (symptomatic) or smoldering multiple myeloma.

Second, if you are a caregiver or spouse of of someone with MGUS, feel free to answer on their behalf.

Once you have answered the question above, add whatever comments you feel might be relevant in the discussion below.

As mentioned above, we are also currently running polls for active and smoldering myeloma patients. If you currently have active or smoldering myeloma, please vote in the appropriate poll. And, of course, feel free to check out the results of all of the polls:

Active multiple myeloma:
https://myelomabeacon.org/forum/weekly-poll-how-long-since-your-myeloma-diagnosis-2014-t3357.html

Smoldering multiple myeloma:
https://myelomabeacon.org/forum/weekly-poll-how-long-since-your-smoldering-diagnosis-2014-t3356.html

We previously ran each of these polls before in previous years, but are running them again so that Beacon readers have access to the latest information and can compare it to the previous data.

Previous polls (January 2013):

Active (symptomatic) multiple myeloma:
https://myelomabeacon.org/forum/weekly-poll-how-long-since-your-myeloma-diagnosis-2013-t1607.html

Smoldering multiple myeloma:
https://myelomabeacon.org/forum/weekly-poll-how-long-since-your-smoldering-diagnosis-2013-t1606.html

MGUS:
https://myelomabeacon.org/forum/weekly-poll-how-long-since-your-mgus-diagnosis-2013-t1605.html

Beacon Staff
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Re: Weekly Poll - How Long Since Your MGUS Diagnosis? - 2014

by Kristi Mickam on Sun Jun 08, 2014 11:34 pm

My mother and I were both diagnosed with MGUS at the same time. She developed amyloidosis and multiple myeloma and passed away 2 years ago.

Kristi Mickam
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Re: Weekly Poll - How Long Since Your MGUS Diagnosis? - 2014

by Beacon Staff on Sun Jun 08, 2014 11:40 pm

We're sorry to hear of your mother's passing, Kristi. We hope your MGUS follows a course very different -- and much more benign -- than it did in your mother's case.

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