Before I started my last cycle of Velcade and Doxil, I had blood drawn at Duke. Since then, I’ve had no treatment. I’ve been waiting to undergo high dose chemo and stem cell rescue. These are the values from the last two reports.
July 2, 2007
M-spikes: 0.20 + 0.14 = 0.34 g/dL
IgA: 534 mg/dL [46-287]
IgG: 447 mg/dL [588-1573]
IgM: 25 mg/dL [57-237]
IgE: 11 IU/mL [4-269]
Beta-2 Microglobulin: 1.7 mg/L [<2.0]
IG Free light chain kappa: 0.11 mg/dL [0.33-194]
IG Free light chain lambda: 1.31 mg/dL [0.57-2.63]
IG FLC Kappa/Lambda ratio: 0.08 [0.26-1.65]
August 2, 2007
M-spikes: 0.28 g/dL + 0.12 g/dL = 0.4 g/dL
IgA: 668 mg/dL [46-287]
IgG: 381 mg/dL [588-1573]
IgM: 28 mg/dL [57-237]
IgE: 10 IU/mL [4-269]
Beta-2 Microglobulin: 1.8 mg/L [<2.0]
IG Free light chain kappa: 0.01 mg/dL [0.33-194]
IG Free light chain lambda: 1.95 mg/dL [0.57-2.63]
IG FLC Kappa/Lambda ratio: 0.01 [0.26-1.65]
Does not contain Doxil: how comforting can they be?! What would we do without the hilarity of it all.
Best wishes always.
These labs are good, you didn’t go up much in one month. If you graphed this and extrapolated, you probably could last until March or later before more treatment, HOWEVER, 2 points do not a trend make!
Jude