[KarenL]

Hi Alyse:

I relapsed in July as well. I had horse serum ATG in May of 2007. I began my taper off of cyclosporine in January of 2010. My doctor was advised to do it over one year; nice and slow. Unfortunately my taper went too fast and I was out of range by the end of April. Darn. Anyway my platelets dropped first and then my reds. My whites are slowly dropping too. To answer your question about ATG my doctor told me if and when the time comes to do the rabbit serum because you can have a reaction to horse serum if you've had it in the past. I would check on that with your doctor. We increased my cyclosporine with no results but now we are trying a month of Prednisone. I heard from NIH that it can take 1 to 3 months for results. My best to you; I will be thinking of you and check to see how you are doing.