Can anyone give me information on multiple myeloma(blood cancer.) What is the survival time?

This is Stage 2 multiple myeloma

Hi,

Stage II doesn't say much with MM.

It depends on the age of the person, the M Spike level, how they are responidng to treatment, damage MM did before diagnosis and a lot of other things.

Survival can be short or very long (over 10 years).

There are a lot of new drugs out there that can help too.

For more information:

www.myeloma.org

they also have a hot line if you want to call. Hardest thing with MM is the not knowing - every one's MM is different and it makes it hard to treat. There is no "playbook" for MM based on staging; which means you need to make sure you are seeign someone with a good understanding of the cancer.

Good luck,

Jewells
32 months and still here

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