Despite Racial Disparities, Multiple Myeloma Patients See Hope
Progress has been made in identifying and treating the disease, but the impact of federal cuts is yet to be borne out.
For more than a year, Diane Hunter, now 72, had been experiencing vague symptoms — pain in her spine and hips, nausea, exhaustion, thirst, and frequent urination.
Her primary care physician had ruled out diabetes before finally chalking up her ailments to getting older.
But months of intense back pain eventually landed her in the emergency room, where a doctor suggested that Hunter might have multiple myeloma.
Hunter’s first question was,
“What is that?”
Multiple myeloma is a cancer that develops in bone marrow plasma cells, crowding out healthy blood cells and damaging the bones.
It is one of the most common blood cancers — and the most diagnosed among African Americans.
Author summary: Hope for multiple myeloma patients.
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