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Originally Posted by Lisa Z
Wow. How often is he getting BMB to determine blasts?
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Oh not a BMB, only blood tests regularly. He's had 2 bone marrow biopsies and the first one diagnosed the problem with 2% blasts. The second one after 3-4 weeks showed mostly the same reading.
We just had a CBC done yesterday, and the blasts in the blood are down to 1%. The doctors believe the situation is just the same, like it was 3 months ago at diagnosis. So another CBC next week and we'll have a better idea if dad's Hb is dipping or not (yesterday it was 7.7). Platelets and WBC's are normal.
For the time being, doctors are suggesting Erythropoietin injections for 6-8 weeks. Lets see what we decide then.