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Zigo1980,
There are other possible causes for neutropenia, so it's possible that you don't have MDS. But by definition, MDS is the combination of faulty cells in the bone marrow and low cell counts in the circulating blood, with the faulty cells the presumed cause of the low blood counts. If no other cause is found for your low neutrophil count then MDS may be the diagnosis by the process of elimination.
If it's MDS, it's on the lower end of the MDS risk scale. The del(20q) abnormality, when no other chromosome problems are found, is known to be associated with lower-risk MDS, as are del(5q) and del(12p).
I'm glad Neupogen is working for you.
Do you know what blast count (immature white blood cell count) they measured during your bone marrow biopsy? If it's less than 5% then that's good news. If it's over 5% then your doctor may decide that it confirms the MDS diagnosis.
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