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Old Sun Apr 10, 2011, 07:21 PM
cheri cheri is offline
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Transfusions while travelling....

Hi Snuuze~
Well, if you go to the emergency room, eventually you will get transfused. (may take 12 hours!) In the first ER, I was told I needed to wait 3 days to get HLA matched platelets! Clearly, that was not an option as my platelets were already at 12! But in that case, I took the run of the mill variety and guess what...I got a bump up to 75K, my biggest ever! (Some southerner had some powerful platelets!)....I continued getting the garden variety during the trip--didn't seem much different than HLA at home. If you were going to a place to stay for a week or two, it would be easier to set up. It wouldn't have made a difference for me as my insurance would only cover the ER visits...
So, maybe it can work for you too!
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Cheri Age 54; dx Oct 2009 AML, induction chemo only;dx MDS July 2010,- PRBC transfusion dependent; Results BMB 8/4/11--- 6-8% blasts; Danazol 100 mg 3xday; quit Exjade/ GI distress; platelets holding 40's; Fluctuation in blasts in blood--Neupogen 3-4xweek; off Revlimid again! Procrit weekly
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