My mom has been suffering so much in those 2 years, but the pain has increased for the past 2 months. The ambulance took her to the hospital a week ago, because the pain became so severe...She has been administered morphine since then and cannot walk. Her body seems to be "rotted out", she caughs a lot, her back hurts beyond description (stabbing pains) and has a hard time talking and breathing...
I asked her physician if they would consider a bone marrow transplant, but as I understand it, this procedure is too risky at her age (75).
Does anyone knows if this procedure has been done at that age?And what are the chances of survival?
She is on the last stage of this horrible disease...
Could anybody tell me more please as I am discovering this fatal form of cancer?
It's possible to have an autologous stem cell transplant with reduced chemotherapy doses at age 75 if the patient is in overall good physical condition (aside from the skeletal lesions, which are common in MM patients).
If a patient is ineligible for an auto transplant, however, there are other chemotherapy regimens available that can be effective in treating the disease, but given the overall condition of your mother as you describe it, it will be imperative that she be treated correctly and adequately enough.
Without knowing more specifics about your mother's clinical picture (i.e. organ function, any other medical conditions, her myeloma markers, etc, how she responded to prior treatment), it's impossible to say anything meaningful about survival statistics. Answers to that question should come from her treating physician.
