July 30, 2014.. The Dexamethasone I take, before I get the Kyprolis , keeps me awake, sometimes for long periods of time. A friend from our Myeloma support group back home gave me a tip about taking Lorazapam before going to bed on the nights I have had Dexamethasone. I tried that last night and it helped greatly. I slept during the night! I hope I have found something what will help me sleep during those few days each week. I will try it again tonight. 

Today we are preparing to go to the Physician's Assistant appointment and then on to the bone marrow biopsy. I could not eat or drink after midnight last night so I am going to be very dry and hungry by the time I get out of the afternoon appointment. I am already missing being able to drink water. I figure I won't be finished with the procedure until after 3pm. I have another appointment at 4:30pm for the first of two Kyrpolis infusions. That will take until about 6pm if all goes well.  

Update tonight at 10:00pm:
I got the bone marrow biopsy. It went smoothly and I didn't have the pain I normally have since they did this one while I was sedated. They also took enough sample to do a gene array. I also got my Kyrpolis infusion. I was there from 4:30 until a bit after 7pm. I will go back for another infusion tomorrow at 4:30. My doctor appointment is at noon.