In the 1960s lots of air drifted up Lake Michigan from the Steel mills in Gary which turned the sky orange with their foul smoke. Father has juvenile diabetes.
Sister takes synthroid.
Some small amount of osteoporosis in lower back. After a few retests, it was determined, shockingly to me, that I had IGG Myeloma with an initial level of 4400. I was 31 years old and had just moved to the Boston area to take a lectureship at Harvard. The next three months were a shock and I can't remember them too well. But Schlossman suggested that an allogeneic transplant would be appropriate sometime between 6 months to 4 years hence.