Dean P. Demos

Okay. Patty and I saw my oncologist, Dr. Goldklang, today. He said the rise in my kappa light-chain number is a warning that myelome is trying to rev up. So, he is sending me back to my stem-cell transplant Dr. for consultation and testing. Dr. G. wants me to have a petscan and possibly a bone-marrow biopsy to clarify what my plasma cells are doing.

So, we wait for an appointment with Dr. Scott Solomon. I am blessed to be close to the Blood and Marrow Transplant Center at Northside Hospital and their physicians who have one of the world’s best survival rates for transplants. Also possible is that Revlimid, the medicine I’ve been taking since 2012, may be losing its effectiveness. In that case, there are other approved medicines to replace it to maintain my remission.

I am not fearful. “The Lord is my Shepherd and I lack NOTHING.”

Thanks for your prayers. I just want to be faithful and be used of God.

Also, Patty wants me to stay around.