David Bianculli

Thanks for having me.

Thanks for having me.

Sure. Well, I can describe to you what happened in my situation. And every case for every patient is a little bit different. But for me, it started with a pain in my side that wouldn't go away. It felt like, for many weeks, a bad runner's cramp. And I sought out care for it and went to a doctor who thought, you know, this is probably a muscle strain. But it ended up getting worse.

Sure. Well, I can describe to you what happened in my situation. And every case for every patient is a little bit different. But for me, it started with a pain in my side that wouldn't go away. It felt like, for many weeks, a bad runner's cramp. And I sought out care for it and went to a doctor who thought, you know, this is probably a muscle strain. But it ended up getting worse.

Sure. Well, I can describe to you what happened in my situation. And every case for every patient is a little bit different. But for me, it started with a pain in my side that wouldn't go away. It felt like, for many weeks, a bad runner's cramp. And I sought out care for it and went to a doctor who thought, you know, this is probably a muscle strain. But it ended up getting worse.

And one morning I woke up and I couldn't get out of bed. I mean, I had to grip the wall. I was in so much pain that and decided to go to the emergency room. And it was there they did some testing, some scans. And what happens with a lot of multiple myeloma patients is the disease really impacts the bones. It gets in there with these things called lytic lesions, creates holes in the bones.

And one morning I woke up and I couldn't get out of bed. I mean, I had to grip the wall. I was in so much pain that and decided to go to the emergency room. And it was there they did some testing, some scans. And what happens with a lot of multiple myeloma patients is the disease really impacts the bones. It gets in there with these things called lytic lesions, creates holes in the bones.

And one morning I woke up and I couldn't get out of bed. I mean, I had to grip the wall. I was in so much pain that and decided to go to the emergency room. And it was there they did some testing, some scans. And what happens with a lot of multiple myeloma patients is the disease really impacts the bones. It gets in there with these things called lytic lesions, creates holes in the bones.

And many people don't know they have multiple myeloma until they break a bone. I talked to another patient who was golfing and took a swing and his spine, part of his spine literally collapsed. And And he went to the hospital, and that's how he found out he had this disease. So it often lurks without people knowing it's there, and it takes something fairly dramatic for a patient to discover it.

And many people don't know they have multiple myeloma until they break a bone. I talked to another patient who was golfing and took a swing and his spine, part of his spine literally collapsed. And And he went to the hospital, and that's how he found out he had this disease. So it often lurks without people knowing it's there, and it takes something fairly dramatic for a patient to discover it.

And many people don't know they have multiple myeloma until they break a bone. I talked to another patient who was golfing and took a swing and his spine, part of his spine literally collapsed. And And he went to the hospital, and that's how he found out he had this disease. So it often lurks without people knowing it's there, and it takes something fairly dramatic for a patient to discover it.

So in my case, I found out that I had it and then began a course for drugs, including Revlimid.

So in my case, I found out that I had it and then began a course for drugs, including Revlimid.

So in my case, I found out that I had it and then began a course for drugs, including Revlimid.

Well, so, you know, one of the amazing things about this particular cancer is that, you know, 20, 25 years ago, it was a very grim prognosis. You know, two, three, maybe five years is what many patients... lived with the cancer before passing away. That has changed dramatically thanks to drugs like Revlimid in the past 10, 15 years in particular.

Well, so, you know, one of the amazing things about this particular cancer is that, you know, 20, 25 years ago, it was a very grim prognosis. You know, two, three, maybe five years is what many patients... lived with the cancer before passing away. That has changed dramatically thanks to drugs like Revlimid in the past 10, 15 years in particular.

Well, so, you know, one of the amazing things about this particular cancer is that, you know, 20, 25 years ago, it was a very grim prognosis. You know, two, three, maybe five years is what many patients... lived with the cancer before passing away. That has changed dramatically thanks to drugs like Revlimid in the past 10, 15 years in particular.

And for many patients, you know, you can almost live with it as sort of a chronic disease. If you fail one line of treatment, there's now second, third, fourth, fifth lines of treatment. So, you know, it's many more years than it was just 15, 20 years ago.

And for many patients, you know, you can almost live with it as sort of a chronic disease. If you fail one line of treatment, there's now second, third, fourth, fifth lines of treatment. So, you know, it's many more years than it was just 15, 20 years ago.

And for many patients, you know, you can almost live with it as sort of a chronic disease. If you fail one line of treatment, there's now second, third, fourth, fifth lines of treatment. So, you know, it's many more years than it was just 15, 20 years ago.