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Come and meet us at the MMI patient and family awareness day on 8th Nov
Multiple Myeloma Ireland are organising a Patient and Family Awareness Day on 8th Nov in the Sligo Park Hotel
BCNI will have a stand at the event so come along and meet some of our staff and find out about activities and how you can get involved.
Registration is free and you can find more information about the event and registration at www.multiplemyelomaireland.org/mmi2018#reginfo
The preliminary Porgramme is
09.00 Registration & Refreshments
09.30 Welcome & Introductions
Mary Kelly, Multiple Myeloma Ireland Chair
09.45 Living with Multiple Myeloma – a Patients Perspective
TBC
10.15 Medical overview of Myeloma
Dr Ruth Morrell, Consultant Haematologist, Letterkenny University Hospital, Donegal
11.15 Morning Refreshment Break
11.45 – 12.30 Exercise for quality of life
Miriam Flatley, Senior Oncology Physiotherapist, Galway University Hospitals
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14. 15 Transplant
Liz Higgins, Autologous Transplant, Co-Ordinator, St James Hospital, Dublin
14.15 – 14.45 Dental Care for Myeloma Patients
Dr Andrew Bolas, Principal Dental Surgeon, Sligo/Leitrim, Oral Surgeon
14.45 – 15.15 Managing the side effects of treatment
and complications of Multiple Myeloma
Geraldine Walpole, Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Haematology, Sligo University Hospital
15.15 – 15.45 Future strategies for Myeloma
Dr Andrew Hodgson, Consultant Haematologist, Sligo University Hospital
15.45 – 16.00 Final comments
Colm Brennan, Multiple Myeloma Ireland
16.00 AGM