[joesmith]

Originally Posted by Whizbang

Joe,

(a) yes it is common for PLT's to drop, and depending on the individual, it depends on how long it will take to recover. Your Mom's PLT's were already pretty low...

as for (b), (c), and (d) again it's different for everyone, age and overall response are big factors...

I did Dacogen, which is extremely similar to Vidaza last year, and here are my numbers by date:

Component  Standard Range  7/18  7/30# 8/15  8/22  8/29  9/09# 9/16  9/20  10/7
RDW-CV     11.6-14.4 %     16.1  15.1  13.8  18.5  17.0  14.3
RDW-SD     35.1-43.9 fl    51.5  48.1  40.9  55.9  53.5  45.0
HGB        13.7-17.5 g/dl  11.0  11.0   9.9  10.6  11.9  13.9  14.4  13.9  15.4
HCT        40-51 %         31.7  32.4  27.8  30.3  35.4  41.1  43.5  40.6  45.7
PLT        150-400 K/ul      95    91    51    60   209   333   249   176   209
RBC        4.63-6.08 M/uL  3.56  3.64  3.29  3.45  4.07  4.76  5.01  4.74  5.43
WBC        4.2-9.1 k/ul     3.2   3.5   2.6   1.7   1.8   2.2   4.0   4.1   3.5
NEUT%      34-68 %           53    62    52    31    32    46
NEUT       1.8-9.0 K/uL     1.7   2.2   1.4   0.5   0.6   1.0   2.7   3.0   2.1
LACT-DEH   313-618 U/L      670   598   ---   688   ---   517   ---   ---   557*
BILIRUBIN  0.2-1.3 mg/dL    1.5   1.1   ---   1.8   ---   1.0   ---   1.0   ---
# started Dacogen chemo
*estimate based on different testing ranges

Thanks for the detailed response and the table indicating how you counts progressed through the treatment. Its great that your blood counts are now close to normal. Wish you the best.