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Amyloidosis
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Our Own Experience With This Rare Disease

Following is a list of individuals diagnosed with Primary, Secondary or Familial Amyloidosis, or in rare instances, Amyloidosis in other forms. Information here is provided by the patient or by someone who is part of the patient's support network and may not be entirely accurate. Our understanding of Amyloidosis changes on a daily basis with new research and as we struggle to educate ourselves about this rare and complex disease.

To read any individual's detailed story, click on the names listed below.

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Name: Reem Abdel-Hadi Turujman
Home: Jerusalem / Israel
Treatment Date: two years
Primary Treatment Received to Date: Oral Chemo,
Create Date: 1/4/2004 11:46:30 AM
Updated: 1/24/2004
   
Name: Susan Abson
Home: Solihull, West Midlands, UK
Amyloidosis Type: Primary AL Amyloidosis
Hospital: Royal Free Hospital, London England
Treatment Date: 10/1999
Primary Treatment Received to Date: Intravenous chemotherapy
Updated: 11/15/2001
   
Name: William G. Alexander
Home: Potomac, MD, USA
Amyloidosis Type: Primary AL Amyloidosis
Affected Areas: Heart
Hospital: Georgetown University Medical Center
Treatment Date: 12/2001
Primary Treatment Received to Date: oral low dose melphalan, Enbrel in final weeks
Updated: 3/28/2002
   
Name: William Alkire
Home: Pismo Beach, CA USA
Amyloidosis Type: Localized
Hospital: Univ. of California, San Francisco
Treatment Date: 1993
Primary Treatment Received to Date: Six surgeries
Create Date: 9/27/2004 8:56:46 PM
Updated: 10/18/2004
   
Name: Virginia Allbright
Home: Bowling Green KY USA
Amyloidosis Type: Primary AL Amyloidosis
Affected Areas: Kidneys, Gastrointestinal
Treatment Date: 09/2002
Primary Treatment Received to Date: Oral Chemo, Dex,
Create Date: 4/15/2003 8:41:54 AM
Updated: 2/20/2004
   

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Multiple myeloma is considered similar to amyloidosis by some experts. For histories presented with multiple myeloma experiences, click here.


 

 

 

This page was last revised on October 5, 2004