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Balancing Life With Myeloma: Supportive Solutions for Managing Your Side Effects and Mental Health
- 2024/12/19
- 再生時間： 41 分
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あらすじ・解説
In this episode, we discuss supportive care, which encompasses the management of both treatment side effects and complications of multiple myeloma rather than the disease itself. We’ll hear from a patient living with myeloma and a social worker working in oncology as they discuss their experiences with supportive care and what you can do to improve your quality of life.
Topics of discussion:
(4:54) Supportive care and quality of life
(7:26) Role of a social worker
(9:06) Fatigue
(13:31) Pain
(19:44) Peripheral neuropathy
(21:56) Mental health distress
(27:42) Gastrointestinal symptoms
(31:08) How to communicate with your health care team
This episode is supported by AbbVie, Amgen, CURE, Genentech, GSK, Johnson & Johnson, Karyopharm, Legend Biotech, Pfizer, Regeneron, and Sanofi.
To learn more about supportive care, visit www.themmrf.org/support.
To learn more about multiple myeloma, visit www.themmrf.org.
If you want to learn more about the MMRF’s FREE resources for patients and caregivers, visit the MMRF Education Hub.
If you have additional questions, call our MMRF Patient Navigation Center at 1-888-841- 6673.