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In reply to the discussion: Multiple myeloma [View all]DFW
(59,244 posts)20. Just saw this by accident
        I usually don't follow these forums
A guy I knew got MM over ten years ago. He called me to say farewell, expecting to be gone six months after the diagnosis. He kept on working as long as he could, and lasted well over five years, was fully operational until the last few months. He refused to stop fiddling with chemicals, which his doctors suspected was the cause of his MM in the first place Apparently (I only heard this from him, so no concrete knowledge), ethnic European Jews (his background) almost never get MM, and those that do, fiddle with chemicals a lot. No telling how long he would have lasted if he had cut out his hobby altogether.
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        What do you mean by fiddling with chemicals?  Taking drugs? Or some hobby chemist?
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        captain queeg
        Nov 2021
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        It's late and just saw this. I appreciate your comments and want to address them more fully so I'll
        captain queeg
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        I'm so sorry to hear that. As you say at least she didn't suffer too much.
        captain queeg
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