Postby Roy Mustang » Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:06 pm
Another update about my grandad.
Things have gone from bad to worst with my grandad. He is in a lot of pain and is getting very weak.
He has bone cancer that is called Plasmacytoma.
Multiple myeloma is a cancer that affects white blood cells called plasma cells. Each year, an estimated 13,000 Americans are diagnosed with the disease. Plasma cells and other white blood cells are part of the immune system, which helps protect the body from infection and disease.
When myeloma cells collect in only one bone and form a single mass, or tumor, it is called a plasmacytoma. In most cases, however, according to NCI, the myeloma cells collect in many bones, forming many tumors and causing other problems. When this happens, the disease is called multiple myeloma. Although plasmacytoma and multiple myeloma affect the bones, they begin in the cells of the immune system.
Patients who have a plasmacytoma may be free of symptoms for a long time after treatment, but many eventually develop multiple myeloma, according to NCI.
I'm afraid that he doesn't have much longer to live.
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