[Coping1]

I have posted before, but it has been a while. I have been dealing with other health issues and have tried to put my MDS/bone marrow transplant out of my head for a while but now my 3rd bone marrow biopsy is coming up in Nov and my doctors are putting it in the forefront again.

There has been some disagreement between my hematologist here and the BMT specialist that I am seeing as to whether I have MDS, AA or hypocellular MDS. The 1st biopsy showed "clear dysplasia and dyspoiesis"-the 2nd biopsy showed "10-20% cellular marrow with ringed siderblasts, consistent with myelodysplasia although aplastic anemia evolving could not be ruled out". The Dr. also talked about it being hypocellular MDS.

This 3rd biopsy is suppose to, hopefully, clear up some answers, but I fear it will only create more questions:/

I am confused between the difference of AA evolving into MDS vs. hypocellular MDS.

Can anyone shed any light on this for me? How does the treatment vary?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!

~Coping