I am not in the medical profession at all, and do not claim to know all the medical jargon, but yesterday I accompanied my Mum to hospital who has now had 5 of 6 chemo sessions. I know an average person has a count of between 10-35 proteins naturally in their body, anything higher is a cause for concern. They are hoping that chemo can reduce an abnormally high count (my mother's was over 240) and now it is down to 38 thus proving the chemo is working. The reason the body has extra proteins is because cancer cells send out unwanted proteins and if the treatment is working, has killed off cancer cells therefore less protein is being produced.
Thank you very much. Sounds reasonable. The reason I ask is that my doctor said my protein in my blood is a little high (I don't know what the number is, I should have asked), but anyway he checked my bone marrow and he said it is ok, but he wants to keep an eye on my protein count. He did say he is lookiking for myeloma (sp) which is a malignant cancer. Holy crap, I already have cancer on my lung which the can't remove.
Thanks again.
