"I'm still here." Living with multiple myeloma for 12 years

"I'm an example of what can be done for someone with multiple myeloma," says David Johnson, of B.C., first diagnosed with the disease in 2012 in his early 50s. Having had 2 relapses, 2 stem cell transplants, and participated in a clinical trial for CAR T-cell therapy, David is in remission today. He helps others in the blood cancer community by volunteering for couple of programs at The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada.

Also in this podcast, Dr. Anthony Reiman, a medical oncologist at St. John Regional Hospital in New Brunswick, talks about advances in recent years in treatment for and longevity of people with multiple myeloma.

For more information about this form of blood cancer, please visit:https://www.bloodcancers.ca/i-have-blood-cancer/myeloma/multiple-myeloma