Latest BMB
Hi Steve,
Your BMB sounded good, flowcytometry sometimes seems more accurate, eliminates human error.
I had a BMB on 10/6/09, the results were not good. Blasts now at 36%-flow, 40%-manual.
This was very surprising since my blood counts have been going up since 7/6. The bone marrow cellularity had increased to 30%, almost normal, it was as low as 10-15%.
We started Dacogen on a low dose, one day/week trial. I will stay on the thalidomide and Promacta to see what happens. The last Dacogen was on 5/20/09, the blasts on 5/6/09 were 17%.
I'll keep you informed of my CBC progress using the Dacogen.
I'm feeling fairly good, the same as during the past 8 weeks when my blood counts improved.
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Kirby71, RAEB2 dx 2/04, Thalidomide 30 mo, Revlimid 18 mo, No resp Vidaza
6/09 2nd Thalid use, Promacta, Lowdose Dacogen added 10/09 at 40% blasts. 5/11 BMB-blasts 8%.
2/11 2nd Revl restart=good resp, Platelets drop 6/11, 3rd Thalid,+Nplate+Dacogen. 7/12 Cnts stable for 10 mo.
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