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To echo Lisa's comment....John's ANC was zero for 3 months until his white cells kicked in again. He was on quite a few drug for infections but as soon as his anc reached .350, they pulled the drugs as long as there was no fever. So our doc at Hopkins feels you have the ability to fight infections with an ANC of .350. It took a long time for the ANC to get up to 1.0 without neupogen. I think it was about 1.5 years after treatment.
This of course is for AA and MDS. I feel the cells seem to work better in those with AA since they are "normal" cells.
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Marlene, wife to John DX w/SAA April 2002, Stable partial remission; Treated with High Dose Cytoxan, Johns Hopkins, June 2002. Final phlebotomy 11/2016. As of July 2021 HGB 12.0, WBC 4.70/ANC 3.85, Plts 110K.
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