Hi Alison,
Marlene is right when she says that your dad needs to be allowed to show that he is very sorry about MDS and all complications - I understand him.
What I don´t understand is if he really has been of Neupogen since Dec 2007 when he started with Vidaza i Jan 2008
? Vidaza often decreases all blood counts the first cycles and your dad has to be protected against low neutrophils (and infections) - we don´t have any approved drug for the platelets yet.
Is he getting Neupogen again?
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
69 yo, dx MDS May 2006 - at the same time as your dad. Neutropenic fever Aug-Sept 2007 and treated with Neupogen 2 injections/week since then