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Old Wed Nov 11, 2009, 01:11 PM
helen c. helen c. is offline
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my husbands mds

i follow everything u find out brigetta can u give me an honest opinion on my husbands prognosis he is 68 was dx jan 08. he is mds raeb2 with an ipss score of 2 he is completely transfusion dependant he gets 2 units of red blood cells every week and 2 units of platelets every 2 weeks he gets desferol with every transfusion and is on x-jade pills everyday he has vidaza every 28 days and neupogen shots the following 6 days. also arensep shot twice weekly. he also has chromosone problems which i do not understand but i know it involves 21 8 and 3 i think. i asked why was she still giving the vidaza because i dont think its working she said its keeping the chromosones from getting worse. the last bmb showed 10 to 12 % blasts. helen
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