Checkup after one year of remission

We have been on roller coaster this week, but it ends with great news. Last Friday, July 28, Deb went in to the oncologist’s office to do major blood work and an X-ray skeletal survey to compare her myeloma lesions in her bones with the survey done 13 months ago. We would see the Dr. today,the 4th, for results of the tests.

On Monday the 31st she also did a bioscan to test her immune system. Most Americans hit the 20,000 range due to a poor diet rich in fast food. The highest anyone had ever tested at the office in NRHills was 51,000, which was the massage therapist in their office, and she was able to raise it to 58,000 using their immune boosting supplement. Debbie tested out at 55,000!!!! That was an A+ and shows that what she is doing food and supplement wise has her very healthy and explains why she has had no colds or infections, which normally attack myeloma patients.
On Wednesday she called the oncologist’s nurse to check on the blood work results, in particular, the M protein band which is a marker for Multiple Myeloma, which has been steady at a negligible 0.1 for the past year. It had climbed to 0.2. Our alarms immediately went off and we began to ponder if that meant the MM was active again, but we decided to try not to get alarmed because the last time we did that back in January we were "all wet" in our assumptions. We expected the oncologist to raise alarms at our office call with him this morning, Aug. 4th. She has made some major changes in her supplements that she uses to fight it, and we feared that perhaps the changes had not been good for her.

However, he came in giddy!! He was delighted with her progress and the results of the blood work and X-rays. He had also performed a new and very refined blood test for measuring small amounts of myeloma activity. That test showed that she was in a very normal range, and there was no measurable myeloma activity in her body! Praise the Lord! He said that this test is much more accurate than the M-protein test, and 0.2 is still negligible and nothing to be alarmed about. The skeletal survey showed a bit of improvement too, but keep in mind that rebuilding bones is a three year long process. He said, "Keep up your good work, see you in two months!" Wow! What a relief!!
So we praise God for continuing to give her victories over this formidable enemy.
Debbie and Duane