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Friends donating platelets......
They make the process so difficult here in South New Jersey--the locations to donate are almost 2 hours away, and since we are a resort area, noboby wants to travel in the summer. I've had friends offer to donate just on my behalf, not even directly, and it was a HUGE deal! Never happened...they need a "platelet -mobile" or something!
Then, I have a friend in North Jersey, who donates and gets $25 gas cards!
Oh, and the Phila Red Cross Blood Bank workers are on strike...
I've just been told the platelets I need tomorrow aren't available until Friday, most likely....unreal........
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Cheri Age 54; dx Oct 2009 AML, induction chemo only;dx MDS July 2010,- PRBC transfusion dependent; Results BMB 8/4/11--- 6-8% blasts; Danazol 100 mg 3xday; quit Exjade/ GI distress; platelets holding 40's; Fluctuation in blasts in blood--Neupogen 3-4xweek; off Revlimid again! Procrit weekly
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