Managing Long Term Side Effects of Multiple Myeloma - Webinar

Do you have multiple myeloma? Would you like to learn more about the disease and how to cope with long term side effects? Watch the webinar, Frankly Speaking About Cancer: Multiple Myeloma, Managing Long Term Side Effects, which took place September 18, 2014. The webinar features two experienced presenters, followed by a Q&A with participants.

Today’s presenters include:
• Jill Vanak, PhD, Research Nurse Practitioner at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• Kent Tygert, patient representative

Topics include:
• Common long term side effects
• Pain management
• Follow up care
• Advice from a patient representative

For more information about multiple myeloma, please visit:

The program was made possible with support from Onyx Pharmaceuticals.

0:00 Introduction and CSC Resources
3:07 Speakers
5:14 What is Multiple Myeloma?
8:43 Treating Multiple Myeloma
13:17 Long Term Side Effects
18:40 Bone Disease
25:35 Oral Care
27:07 Renal Health
30:25 Myelosuppression
36:00 Anemia
38:29 Infection and Bleeding
45:50 Peripheral Neuropathy
52:11 Pain Management
54:23 Sexual Dysfunction
58:30 Strategies for Wellness and Follow Up Care
1:04:10 Personal Experience
1:19:28 Audience Q&A
1:26:38 Resources

[lynnmcl]

Great info but the sound quality was tough to listen to, very much muffled, static and extraneous noises.