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Old Thu Mar 1, 2012, 03:16 PM
mscrzy1 mscrzy1 is offline
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No. I was in full remission for 15 years with no BMB's. I only did cbc's yearly. There really is no need for yearly BMB's because a BMB isn't going to determine anything at that point that a cbc won't help to indicate on its own. There is nothing to prove that your son will definitely develop into leukemia or MDS or even that he will have to deal with AA again. I would fear that doing yearly BMB's is suggesting to your son that he WILL get sick again, and I don't underestimate the power of suggestion and self fulfilling prophecy.
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36 yr. old, dx SAA in Jan 1996, treated with ATG in Mar. 1996, off cyclosporine Sept. 1996, last blood transfusion in Aug. 1997, slow decline in counts again November 2010, AA and current count decline thought to be caused by lupus, currently taking 400mg Plaquinil
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