{"id":202,"date":"2015-05-04T20:41:46","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T10:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trial.familio.com.au\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2026-03-02T10:14:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:14:06","slug":"about-wm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wmozzies.com.au\/index.php\/about-wm\/","title":{"rendered":"About WM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Waldenstrom&#8217;s Macroglobulinemia<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The better informed you are, the better your chances for successfully&nbsp;managing your WM and maintaining a good quality of life.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This section provides links to IWMF material providing a wealth of information about WM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iwmf.com\/iwmf-info-for-patients-and-caregivers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link to the IWMF page for newly diagnosed patients and caregivers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To get you started here is a link from the  link above, which gives you an overview of Waldenstrom&#8217;s Macroglobulinemia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iwmf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AboutWMExpandedFactSheet-English-1.pdf\">AboutWMExpandedFactSheet-English-1.pdf (iwmf.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you then click on the link to the IWMF page, you will see that are various videos that you can watch &amp; Information Packets (Info Pak) that you can download. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst this is coming from an American Website, the information is just as relevant in Australia as it is in the USA. 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