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Old Wed Aug 28, 2013, 08:46 PM
Whizbang Whizbang is offline
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Honey,

Yes, when my Hb was 8.0 or 80, I couldn't even walk up the stairs without being winded... I could actually make it to work, but I would have to walk at a snails' pace...

You have to realize that this was hard for me, because I work in NYC, and nobody walks, trotting is considered a snails pace...

I am used to walking 3+ miles per day from Penn station to Grand Central station (no subways for me), and one around Bryant park during lunch...

I actually found out I had MDS, because I thought I had asthma, couldn't catch my breath during the JP Morgan corporate challenge (3.5 mile race around central park on June 12th of this year) I ran 12 minutes slower than last year... I knew something was wrong, and asthma seemed like it fit the bill...
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Married, father of three daughters; now 46; diagnosed w/ Major form MDS 6/18/2013; had low counts across the board; Multiple chromosome abnormalities; Finished 2nd round Dacogen 9/13; SCT - Oct. 31, 2013; Sibling match 10/10 ; 5.5% blasts down to 3%, now 1% (post BMT)
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