Wed Nov 3, 2010, 12:30 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 6
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Originally Posted by Carole in Sudbury
At the latest education day in Ottawa, we were told by the transplant doctors that when you are radiated in order to receive the transplant, you become sterile. Maybe your doctors have opted for drug treatment because of this.
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I can assure you that my becoming sterile is not a factor in making me ineligible for BMT. Sterility would be a small price to pay for an actual cure!
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GaryV, 62, MDS-Uncl, Interm 1, Dx 6/2006; Trisomy 9, 20(q) deletion, acellular bone marrow, <1% blasts; Aranesp 300mg, then 500mg every 2 wks, effective for 6 months, discontinued. ANC normal; chronically acute RBC 6.7-7.6 range; chronically acute PLT 11,000; RBC and PLT transfusions weekly 
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