[Sue&Dave]

Depending on what scoring system you use, Dave has intermediate to high risk MDS; but his most recent BMB earlier this month showed blasts still below 6%. Was hospitalized at that time trying to diagnose the reason for his intermittent fevers and general malaise. After extensive testing, it was determined that his fevers are a symptom of his disease and not an infection. He started Vidaza at the beginning of the month and was scheduled to start round 2 next week. Just a few days ago he began running a fever again, and after another trip to the ER (to be on the safe side), with no sign of an infection his doc suggested moving up his next round of chemo by a week (which we are starting today). It seems the further we got away from treatment the more apt he was to run a fever. In addition to this he occasionally has shaking chills (but no fever). Has anyone run into these types of symptoms before - just an intermittent lack of body temperature control?