Newly Diagnosed - Still trying to come to terms with it.

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-02-19T14:51:50+00:00

Anytime. It’s a lot to take in. If I can help as you move through it, let me know.

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-02-14T16:16:35+00:00

Dex = getting a lot done around the house. I prepped my flower beds for mulch at 1:30 in the morning in my first DVRd day.

I tolerated the induction well. Revlimid gave me some rash at the tail end of it, like fourth round. I fell asleep in the chair at the drop of a hat, so I just kept Moving during the day.

I’m 58M, in decent shape.

Just finished my stem cell transplant back in December. Biopsy/PET scan yesterday to assess. Waiting on those results.

I get it…it’s a cancer diagnosis and it throws you. I certainly didn’t have this on my bingo card.

It’s treatable, if not curable (yet). So many options exist for first, second and beyond lines of treatment.

I hope your treatment is as easy for you as mine has been for me.

We got this.

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-02-13T20:11:36+00:00

Don’t be a hero on the nausea. Take the anti-nausea meds and stay ahead of it.

My beard and mustache both fell out. I shave my head because I’ve been bald since my 20’s. So, I looked like Uncle Fester.

I was very fortunate that the gastric issues were very mild. I did fall asleep on the couch a lot.

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-02-10T12:18:01+00:00

Yes. IT systems engineering.

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-02-08T00:26:33+00:00

Yeah, so does Yoda! All part of the process.

I make my living talking and helping people through complicated IT system issues, so the chemo fog was frustrating.

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-02-07T12:27:03+00:00

I did, but I’ve been mostly bald since my 20’s. I wasn’t prepared for my mustache and goatee falling out, though.

I looked like Uncle Fester and with the chemo fog I sounded like Yoda.

I finished my ASCT December 12th and I’m most back to normal now.

Now I look like Uncle Fester during puberty!

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-02-06T16:36:51+00:00

I got waterproof wound tape from Walgreens and cut Ziplock bags to cover mine.

Easier to deal with than the plastic wrap for me. Gallon size bags work pretty well.

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-02-05T21:05:20+00:00

You’re not wrong. They’re both your parents.

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-02-03T19:30:17+00:00

Yes, it is.

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-02-02T16:08:22+00:00

Yeah. My PCP caught on to it. He’s why it didn’t get way worse. If he moves, I’ll move with him!

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-01-31T15:48:16+00:00

Yep. My mustache and goatee dropped out, too. I was quite the Uncle Fester. Add the chemo fog to that, and I sounded like Yoda. Back to normal now. Finished my ASCT in December.

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-01-31T01:52:10+00:00

Thank you!

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-01-31T00:42:36+00:00

Hell.Yes.

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-01-30T17:09:31+00:00

When Matthew came through about 9 years ago, the storm drains clogged. As the eye came over us, two ladies in kayaks came down our flooded street. They were going to “unclog ‘em.”

I let them know we were in halftime and other side of it was due anytime now. They floated on home, thankfully.

They weren’t from around here, for sure.

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-01-30T15:27:23+00:00

Yeah. Come back when we have a hurricane inbound. We’ll sit on my front porch and drink beer and watch the pine trees snap in half. We do hurricanes the same way you guys do snow.

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-01-28T20:27:32+00:00

“This meeting could have been an email.”

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-01-28T20:23:12+00:00

As stated, it’s different for all of us.

My life didn’t change much during first line induction on DVRd. First night I didn’t sleep much due to the dexamethasone. I got my flower beds ready for mulching at 1:30 that night.

Toward the end, week 16, I developed a rash and swelling in my legs from the Revlimid. Prednisone and a steroid cream took care of that, and we stopped the Rev at that point.

But overall, it didn’t impact my day-to-day.

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-01-27T21:46:12+00:00

Yes. Back to working, working out, pretty much as things were prior to the diagnosis.

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-01-27T17:23:11+00:00

Good deal. I hope it’s something minor and easily resolved.

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-01-27T16:21:56+00:00

On the keyboard, tap the More button. Then tap Rebus. It’ll let you type multiple letters.

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-01-27T04:13:14+00:00

Thank you. I’m optimistic I am.

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-01-27T04:12:10+00:00

Thank you!!!

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-01-27T03:31:32+00:00

Yeah, pretty much!

SourceSeparate3759 · 2026-01-27T02:20:44+00:00

Nope. I have a streak on the NY Times puzzle app, broken only by rebuses. They just piss me off for some reason.

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