Linda Huguelet
For the 12th consecutive year, Linda Huguelet, co-leader of the Chattanooga Multiple Myeloma Networking Group, will join over 30,000 hematologists and healthcare professionals from around the world at the 66th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition being held virtually and live in San Diego, Ca. on Dec. 7-10. Ms. Huguelet will participate virtually this year and is one of 13 support group leaders selected by the International Myeloma Foundation from over 160 support group leaders in the United States.
During the conference, Huguelet will attend presentations on the latest research, therapies and tools available to myeloma patients.
In turn, she will be reporting the news to patients using social media tools like blogs, Twitter (X) and video. You can follow her on Twitter (X) at @LindaMYELOMA and read her first blog at Maximizing Treatment Free Time | The IMF at ASH 2024.
Officials said, "The IMF is the oldest and largest organization dedicated to improving the life and care of myeloma patients around the world. Myeloma, also called multiple myeloma, is a cancer of cells in the bone marrow that affects production of red cells, white cells and stem cells and can damage bone. It’s currently incurable and is being contracted by an increasing number of people and is particularly affecting more younger people."
Ms. Huguelet, a Signal Mountain resident, has been dealing with myeloma for over 14 years and has taken numerous treatments since her diagnosis. She successfully completed CAR T-cell therapy which is one of the latest leading-edge therapies and has been treatment-free since summer of 2023. Many myeloma patients are consistently on some type of therapy to keep the cancer under control.
She said, “New treatments and insights into treating this incurable cancer are on the horizon and I look forward to learning more about these during the ASH conference. It’s so encouraging to a veteran patient like me to see new options being added to the arsenal of treatments.”
She will pass along the highlights of the encouraging research taking place when the Chattanooga Multiple Myeloma Networking Group meets after the first of the year. The Chattanooga Multiple Myeloma Networking Group meets the second Thursday of each month. Meetings are currently being held virtually. Visit MyelomaChattanooga.org for more information on the group which provides information and support to patients and caregivers in the Chattanooga area.