Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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On his 40th birthday, Navy veteran Clinton Adger was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. The cancer had weakened his vertebrae. He went from walking 10 miles a day to needing a wheelchair. But with the expert care of Aimaz Afrough, M.D., and the team at UT Southwestern, he received a lifesaving stem cell transplant and intensive rehabilitation that helped put his life back on track.

Read Clinton's full journey: utswmed.org/medblog/multiple-myeloma-stem-cell-transplant