November 5, 2009 - Day 199by
dezwit
of Amyloidosis.
In those seven months, we have acquired a wealth of information and understanding... that she has never shown any partiality to INR testing and Light Chain Assay tests let alone the light chains themselves...
October 18, 2009 - Day 181by
dezwit
The novelty of Amyloidosis has finally worn off.
Days and days of feeling lousy, taking pills, being sick to my stomach for no apparent reason and lying around not being able to do anything no longer...
July 30, 2009 - Day 101by
dezwit
I would like to say a heart felt thank you to everyone who has been following my journey into the world of Amyloidosis.
Jo Ann and I have received many words of encouragement and advice from strangers...
July 30, 2009 - Day 101by
dezwit
I would like to say a heart felt thank you to everyone who has been following my journey into the world of Amyloidosis.
Jo Ann and I have received many words of encouragement and advice from strangers...
October 15, 2009 - Day 178by
dezwit
If you don't have Amyloidosis, thank your God everyday.
If you do have it, you know what I am talking about.
Sorry, that's it for today, a bad one at best.
Will write tomorrow.
Goodnight
Progression from SMM to MMby
Margaret
asymptomatic myeloma) to symptomatic MM or amyloidosis. Digression: have you ever had an amyloidosistest...
Health Headlines - June 20by
Meredy
from their tests on mice hold true in humans, only people at high risk for diseases involving amyloidosis... with the Pseudomonas aeruginosa microbe was tested in 189 CF patients. Over 14 months, 37 of the patients developed...
Case studies # 21/22by
Jennifer J.
21. She is 80 years old, with multiple myeloma, amyloidosis (abnormal deposition of a particular protein, called amyloid, in various tissues of the body, a result of the multiple myeloma); celiac...
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My father was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's seven years ago at 55. He has now been diagnosed with amyloidosis and the only treatment is a bone marrow transplant. I am scared that the severe... this is the only treatment but it will only slow down the progression of the amyloidosis and not cure it so I'm wondering...crap
neuropathy
by 2 neurologists doing nerve conduction tests. The last one I saw wanted to start me on Avenza... to neuropathy such as diabetes, vitamin deficiencies, hormone problems (such as thyroid), amyloidosis, renal...crap
Swollen Parotids
including infections, Sjogrens syndrome, sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, some vitamin deficiencies, alcohol...crap
mysterious neuropathy of legs
of them have been able to arrive at a diagnosis. They have ordered every type of diagnostic test known to medicine, some repeated many times nerve conduction studies, ultrasounds, MRIs of spine and brain, X-rays, blood tests, reflex tests, etc. All along, the major obstacle to a clear diagnosis has been the existence...crap
FATIGUE AND FEVERS
. I started having high fevers every day. my Doc decided to hospitalize me an ran a series of test; cmv,histo,MAC, she did blood test and spinal fluid test, all test came back neagative except MAC ( no MAC cultures would grow... that you are taking colchicine would lead me to believe you had a condition called amyloidosis. Colchicine...crap
Enlarged spleen
as leukemia and lymphoma), splenic vein thrombosis, polycythemia, amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, cysts...crap
Back in the land of limbo at 7months
about contracting HIV, to absolute relief to testing negative at about 7 weeks, and being told by my GUM clinician... from my GP after blood tests. It got me down but thought...hey if i have an infection or... the worst days of my life.
Now Im about to go for a test at 7 months, since I never had the 12...crap