Shands Hospital in Gainesville is a Center of Excellence so that's a great start. It takes a while to wrap your head around this diagnosis. Most likely none of us ever heard of it and suddenly it is a possible threat to your life. Slowly it will start being real to you. You'll get used to looking at blood results to see for yourself what your WBCs and Platelets are up to. It's a lot to learn You catch up soon. My biggest recommendation is to make a list of questions for each meeting. Don't hesitate to ask again if you don't understand. There is also a ton of information on this website and
https://www.mds-foundation.org/
Take care.