Hi Dick,
Have you asked your doctor about your serumEPO

? If it is less than 500 you could perhaps try Aranesp or a similar drug for your HGB.
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
69 yo, dx MDS Interm-1 May 2006 with HGB 70, transfusion dependent from dx, serumEPO more than 800 at dx so I never tried Aranesp or similar drugs