Regular BMBs?
Neil,
Thanks for your reply... I actually did pose the same question to my doctor. He said about the same thing you did, but he left it up to me -- if I want a BMB he will make it happen -- but he didn't really think one was needed based on the stability of my counts.
I do get regular CBCs -- even though there are no outward or obvious changes in symptoms -- so I didn't know if we should approach BMBs similarly, i.e. "get them regularly (every few years?) whether there were outward symptom changes or not." Is it possible to have some problems occurring in your bone marrow that are not detectable in CBC result changes?
The times I have gotten a BMB, it has been a painful process... my bones are apparently hard as rocks. I do not in the least wish to have a BMB if it would not be helpful... On the other hand, it has been 10 years -- this seems like a very long time. If a BMB would give some beneficial insights, I would not hesitate to do it.
David M
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David M, reds/whites/plats slowly declining since 2000; hypo-cellular bone marrow; diagnosed Mild AA; low counts, but stable since 2009; watch and wait -- no treatments required to this point.
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