Mohammad Ahmad
King Saud University, Saudi ArabiaPresentation Title:
Multiple Myeloma: A Personal Account of My Journey With the Disease
Abstract
Multiple myeloma (MM) remains an incurable hematologic cancer leading to damage to the bone marrow that causes destructive bone lesions in addition to many other effects. I am a patient with MM who is undergoing treatment to date since the diagnosis of this disease in December 2019. This paper reviews the treatments and observations made throughout this period. The salient results of such treatments are discussed in chronological order. During this period, my MM relapsed and then I was introduced to teclistamab treatment. The outcome of teclistamab treatment was quite promising, and I anticipate a longer life at a maintenance dose of this drug with a better quality of life. I received the teclistamab treatment cycles that maintain a constant normal level of my kappa-free light chain (FLC) and kappa/lambda ratio, with no significant side effects.
Biography
Mohammad Ahmad has completed his PHD at the age of 30 years from Aligarh Muslim University, India. He is a Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. He has over 70 publications that have been cited over 1000 times, and his publication h-index is 18. He has been serving as an editorial board member and reviewer of several reputed journals.