Today featured more significant steps on the road to getting better. After completing an opening 4 day course of Dexamethasone steroids last week, yesterday heralded the beginning of the first week of my taking the standard of care chemotherapy treatment, known as VTD (Velcade, Thalidomide and Dexamethasone). Thalidomide, along with blood thinners and my regular pain relief are tablets I take daily, whilst the Dexamethasone is a Tuesday to Friday thing on two week on two off cycles. Significantly, today was the first in the series of the Velcade injections. It's a very quick procedure with a needle placed under the skin in my belly - quick squirt and we're done - although I'm left feeling even more tired than usual for the afternoon. The injections also leave a temporary pink blotch after a few days, although it's not sore to the touch. I also signed away my consent to participate in the MUK9 trial which, if selected, promises to really open up the drugs available to me, and radically change my treatment plan. And I didn't leave the building empty handed - all my tablets for the next 28 days were waiting for me in a paper bag. Velcade injection aftermath
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Eileen
24/4/2023 23:48:39
Please tell me about your journey. I just had my first velcade shot
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About meI'm David Jameson, I live in Whitley Bay with my beautiful wife Janine, our two children and our two dogs. I love music, and Newcastle United. And I have multiple myeloma. Archives
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