Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif,, with tribal leaders and Western advocates, talks throughout a information convention and offered a petition with over 800,000 signatures calling on the Biden administration to guard and designate a dozen federal lands, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Picture/Mariam Zuhaib)
(KRON) — U.S. Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) introduced Monday that he’s in remedy for a number of myeloma, a kind of blood most cancers.
“Like 1.9 million Individuals annually, I not too long ago obtained the dreaded name from my physician informing me that I had most cancers. I’m grateful to have caught this early, and we’re assured that I’ll quickly be in remission,” he mentioned.
Garamendi, 79, mentioned his doctor caught the most cancers in its early levels. He’s present process chemotherapy at a Kaiser hospital in Sacramento to deal with it.
“I’ll get by means of this whereas persevering with to serve my extraordinary constituents and advance the American democracy,” he mentioned.
He mentioned he’ll proceed to work, however he’s been cautioned by his medical doctors to scale back pointless publicity to COVID-19, the flu and different viruses.
In keeping with the Mayo Clinic, a number of myeloma causes cancerous plasma cells to build up in bone marrow. Signs embody bone ache, nausea and psychological fogginess or confusion.
Garamendi serves areas within the Bay Space together with Fairfield and Vacaville. He has been a U.S. consultant since 2009.
