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Old Sun Feb 19, 2012, 05:13 AM
Cheryl C Cheryl C is offline
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Good news ... and bad

Thank you Neil and Greg for taking the time to encourage and advise.

Just reporting the good news that after my bone marrow biopsy on 30/1/12 my results have shown a drop in blast cells from September 2011's 10% to 2%! This is amazing because I haven't had any treatment yet. Was gearing up with my specialist for a transplant as I have no other comorbidities and he was expecting that the blasts would continue increasing.

The bad news of course is that I still have MDS, but am no longer in the RAEB category - have moved into refractory cytopenia multilineage dysplasia, which is lower risk. How blessed I am - I am very thankful. I feel as though I have been let out of jail for the present!

Has anyone else experienced this unusual drop in blasts? If so did it last?

My white cell count hasn't improved at all, neither have my platelets. Red blood cells still holding at almost normal levels.
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Dx MDS RAEB 10% blasts + hypogammaglobulinemia, Sep 2011. Jan 2012 BMB - blasts down to 2% w/out treatment so BMT cancelled. Re-diagnosis RCMD. Watch and wait from Feb 2012. IVIg 5-weekly. New diagnosis Oct 2019 AML 23% blasts in marrow, 10% blasts in peripheral blood.
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