On 14th May 2022 Bel, Becks and Josh (our replacement for Toby due to past medical moments) are going to fly! Well that's the plan - excited and scared in equal measures.

Why? Because when someone very close and you love with all your heart is diagnosed with multiple myeloma it is difficult to stand by and do nothing. The journey of living with myeloma has been and continues to be a huge rollercoaster in both a physical and emotional sense so we figured why not go up and down a bit ourselves....

A bit about Myeloma

Myeloma, also known as multiple myeloma, is a blood cancer arising from plasma cells. At any one time there are around 24,000 people living with myeloma in the UK. It accounts for 15 per cent of blood cancers, and two per cent of all cancers. Myeloma mainly affects those over the age of 65, however it has been diagnosed in people much younger.

Treatment for myeloma can be very effective at controlling the disease, relieving its symptoms and complications, and prolonging life. Unfortunately, though, myeloma is currently an incurable (terminal) cancer.

Myeloma is a relapsing-remitting cancer. This means there are periods when the myeloma is causing symptoms and/or complications and needs to be treated, followed by periods of remission or plateau where the myeloma does not cause symptoms and does not require treatment. Our personal experience has been that permanent treatment is required despite remission.