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Old Fri May 23, 2008, 09:35 AM
paulaespada paulaespada is offline
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Is bone marrow transplant the best? Always?

Hello!

My husband is called to Oncology Institute in Oporto.
Now hopefully his MDS will be clearly staged since we don't now yet what kind is his MDS.
For what I've been reading and studying I believe it's not the first stage, since he has problems in all 3 blood cells (rbc, wbc and Platelets).

And hopefully treatment will be decided.
He was diagnosed for more than 3 months with MD but we don't know the kind yet.

His neutrophils level has been stable but hemoglobin and platelets have bed steadily decreasing. Hemoglobin 3 weeks ago was 9.1 and Platelets 49.

Maybe I'm not seeing thing properly but I still have hope that he can be maneged with treatment and don't need a bone marrow transplant.
Knowing all problems and risks coming from it and considereeing he is clinically well I wonder if bone marrow transplant will be the best.

What do you think?
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Paula Espada - wife of Jorge Espada, diagnosed AA in June 2008, ATG, cyclosporine until Janury 2010, relapse and 2nd ATG June 2010
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