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Hi Carolyn. That's great news that you got to see Prof Marsh - she really, really knows her stuff, and is such a wealth of information.
As far as treatment goes, fixing the AA overall depends on a lot of factors like your bone marrow biopsies, age, and overall health, but the general rule for transfusions here at kings is that they'll transfuse platelets if you're under 20 (they start to get really nervous if they fall below 10) and they'll transfuse red if you fall below 8 (at St Thomas's it's below 9 so it's not a hard and fast rule).
Your counts don't look too bad right now though! Be thankful you don't have to go down the transfusion route just yet...
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36/F - 1984 SAA treated with ATG [complete remission until] Oct 08 - burst blood vessels in eyes and low platelets; Jan 09 - AA & hypo-MDS; July 09 - BMT (RIC MUD PSCT) July 10 - 10k for Anthony Nolan (1yr post BMT! 53:48) Sep 10 - Wedding!  I've run 5 marathons now!! (PB 3:30!)
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