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Sally,
Sounds like Don is doing great and it's great to hear. On Al's last BMB they used the new drill at Emory and it went much faster. Of course he insists on being sedated, so he couldn't tell the difference. I would think that aspirating after the bone sample is extracted would be much less painful for those not being sedated.
We are currently in a watch and wait mode and really enjoying the break from treatment. Now if Al's numbers will just hold for a while. We go back on February 6th. His platelets were at 35,000 last month. He's had three different treatments (two of which were clinical trials) and none of them worked, plus he felt really bad a lot of the time. Now he's enjoying life and staying busy and not having to go in for labs every week really helps us to focus our lives on more pleasant things.
Of course we know there will be decisions to be made down the road and hopefully we'll be prepared to tackle other treatments. Like everyone else, we keep hoping for our miracle.
God bless you and Don.
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Linda, Al's wife, 75; dx MDS 5/2010; Vidaza 6/2010; ARRY614 & Sapacitabine clinical trials at Emory, no results, stopped 12/2011. Had BMB at NIH on 6/5/12, blasts 10-15% so he's not eligible for trial there. :eek Promacta trial, Tampa, blasts 25-30% 8/17/12 AML, trying Dacogen now and praying.
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