Elise’s Cancer Story: Multiple Myeloma | The Patient Story
In this highlight video, Elise shares her multiple myeloma story, from the impact of hearing her cancer diagnosis, carving a path to hopefully make it easier for other people to be on clinical trials, the impact of new treatment on her life, and the power of finding her cancer community.
Series background: Elise was working and raising two young kids when she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer. In this video series, she shares about every part of the myeloma experience so far, from how she got diagnosed to being a part of a clinical trial that’s been working, to diving into how she has been able to live with myeloma.
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Full story & transcript →
1st Symptoms
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Treatment Decisions
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Clinical Trial
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Living with Myeloma
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Thank you to Karyopharm for its support of our educational program. The Patient Story has full editorial control of our content. The interview has been edited lightly for clarity.
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Contents of this video:
0:00 - Elise's Intro
0:18 - Moment of diagnosis
1:48 - Logistics of being part of clinical trial
5:33 - Impact of new treatment
7:03 - Importance of Patient Self-advocacy
8:09 - Anxiety of possible relapse
8:46 - What helped through toughest times
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