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Old Wed Nov 9, 2016, 06:11 PM
GoodDay5150 GoodDay5150 is offline
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I have a retired MD cousin who believes that behaviors such as smoking and drinking can poss contribute to MDS. But in the case of someone he knows that was transplanted for MDS, that patient had been treated earlier for cancer, and of course those treatments can cause bone marrow damage and failure later in life. Did my behaviors and exposure to chemicals contribute to my PNH? I do know that multiple types of cancer run in my family, but once again some of those that are now dead smoked and drank. One great uncle w/leukemia lived a fairly healthy life, but he worked w/ chemicals. In respect to Vietnam era vets, I have heard abt Agent Orange and other chemicals causing health issues for a very long time.


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MARIO, 52, DIAG IN 2011 W/ PNH, MUD IN DEC 2011. MINI TRANS PSL DENVER/ SOME MILD GVHD. CURRENTLY TAKING JAKAFI FOR GVHD.
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