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I just got an interesting phone call from my doctor. The BMB that I had last week showed that I have the Philadelphia chromosome or Philadelphia translocation. It is a specific abnormality of chromosomal chromosome 22, which is unusually short, as an acquired abnormality that is most commonly associated with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). My doctor said this was very unusual since I was tested for this previously and my donor was tested for this also. So, I win the prize ... I get to have another BMB on Monday to confirm (or not) the 9;22 chromosome. She suggested that I'll be on Vidaza and Gleevec. I think they are trying to see how many drugs my body can absorb before I have a problem. So Monday I get injected with Vidaza at 11:00 a.m. and then drive 40 miles and have a BMB at 2:00. Can't think of many things more fun than that !!
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age 70, dx RAEB-2 on 11-26-2013 w/11% blasts. 8 cycles Vidaza 3w/Revlimid. SCT 8/15/2014, relapsed@Day+210 (AML). Now(SCT-Day+1005). Prepping w/ 10 days Dacogen for DLI on 6/9/2017.
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