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Old Mon Nov 14, 2011, 09:43 PM
DanL DanL is offline
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PCP is a farely rare form of Pneumonia known as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. It is most common in HIV/AIDS patients and immuno-compromised cancer patients. Mine arrived after being on prednisone and imuran, along with completing 8 cycles of treatment with rituxan, so I was pretty darned compromised.

For people that are not immuno-compromised, ironically, the illness frequently has very poor outcomes, but for those of us "lucky enough" to have good doctors watching over us becuase of MDS, it can be found, treated, and remedied pretty reiliably.
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MDS RCMD w/grade 2-3 fibrosis. Allo-MUD Feb 26, 2014. Relapsed August 2014. Free and clear of MDS since November 2014 after treatment with Vidaza and Rituxan. Experiencing autoimmune attack on CNS thought to be GVHD, some gut, skin and ocular cGVHD. Neuropathy over 80% of body.
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