Multiple myeloma

[captain queeg]

19. Haven't seen any recent posts here; just got another 3 month check

I get blood tests every three months to check for progression. The main, important test takes a couple weeks to come back; they watch the ratio of certain branch chain aminos or proteins or something so I didn’t get those results yet. But all the other blood tests came back the same as the last few times. One thing different this time is they had me collect my urine for 24 hrs and turn that in. She’s a bit concerned because of the amount of protein in the urine. She thought it could be from my use of ibuprofen or maybe just that I don’t drink enough water. I’ve been told that a lot for quite awhile. I only turned in about a liter of urine which isn’t much for 24 hrs. I’ll remember to drink a lot for awhile and get back to my usual. Anyway she took an extra sample before I left to test something that the initial test didn’t cover and said she may contact me with a referral to see a kidney doc. Apparently some kidney (mal)functions can come from MM.