What quality of life can my husband expect after a multiple myeloma diagnosis?
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The quality of life in patients with multiple myeloma is quite variable. Age and other related diseases all combine to affect the patient's ability to live a normal life. Patients who are on Revlimid can have blood clots and blood cell suppression as well as effects on the immune system. I believe he is on isolation due to his ongoing infection and maybe the blood counts. Most people recover from these things and can live a good remaining life. One can not give survival length unless we know much more regarding the actual disease related factors, his co-morbidity issues, his functioning prior to all this and several other specific measurements of his myeloma disease stage- where is the disease in the body, amount of disease, bone involvement, neurologic involvement, blood chemistry, kidney function, etc. These are questions you can ask your doctor. Good luck,
