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Originally Posted by Zoe's Life
I read on another forum that the former director(?) of the AA/MDS Foundation lived 18 years transfusion dependent. I don't recall the man's name, or if he was the director, but he had some significant position with the Foundation.
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Robert Carroll, former President and then Chairman of the Board of the AA&MDSIF.
Diagnosed with MDS at age 57, Bob Carroll lived an active and fulfilling life, to age 72, receiving regular blood transfusions (hundreds of them) for those 15 years. He helped countless others afflicted with bone marrow failure diseases, worked tirelessly toward a cure, inspired others, and led by example. He's still missed by those of us who knew him. A well-deserved
Tribute to Robert Carroll was read into the Congressional Record in 2006.