Theresa was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2012 after months of unexplained and worsening pain in her right hip. In this cancer vlog, she shares her frustrating journey getting bounced between doctors as she struggled with increasing pain, fatigue and needing a cane, before finally receiving the shocking myeloma diagnosis.

She opens up about processing this incurable blood cancer and the emotional process of coming to terms with it. She recounts the challenges of finding the right treatment plan, going through multiple rounds of chemotherapy, debilitating side effects and eventually being put on a clinical trial with selinexor.

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