ALL THIS DISCUSSION about Polycythemia may be a confusing for some readers. It’s rare to discover both diseases in one patient, much less simultaneously, so let me try to put it in some perspective.

Apparently secondary Polycythemia is not presently a big problem for me. In fact, speaking purely as a layman, I suspect the extra red blood cells may have offset the anemia that is a common aspect of Myeloma. Also, my RBC and other indicators have remained stable since a few weeks of treatments last Dec.-Jan.

Could the apparent Polycythemia actually have been a peculiar response of my body to my pre-Myeloma condition (MGUS)?

My doctors find my dual diagnosis interesting, but they have had little to add to my amateur interpretation, I suspect because the instances are so few (0-5 per year) that nobody has any real experience treating anyone else.

So for practical purposes, we’re just watching it for the time being, while we beat down the bigger monster – Myeloma.

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