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Old Tue Mar 14, 2017, 01:16 PM
Marlene Marlene is offline
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Is there a reason why you are not getting a red cell transfusion at this point. Your HGB is pretty low. Most have a transfusion threshold of 8. Getting your red cells up will help a lot.

Don't worry about the cellularity at this point. For SAA, the BMB is one way to rule out blood cancer and MDS. SAA is diagnosed once everything else is ruled out. And for some reason, people with low cellularity can still produce normal peripheral blood counts. Sometimes, it's just because they tapped a dry spot in the marrow.

It's good see a doctor who has experience with SAA. Very few hematologist ever see SAA in their lifetime and experience with this disease is a must.
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Marlene, wife to John DX w/SAA April 2002, Stable partial remission; Treated with High Dose Cytoxan, Johns Hopkins, June 2002. Final phlebotomy 11/2016. As of July 2021 HGB 12.0, WBC 4.70/ANC 3.85, Plts 110K.
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