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Old Tue Jan 9, 2018, 06:04 AM
rich rich is offline
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Hello ritu

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Hi Rich

My mom is also 64 yrs old and was diagnosed last Sep with MDS 11% blast. She has been on Vidaza for last three months. But her nos are not stabilizing after 2nd cycle. She is about to start her 4th cycle on 15th Jan. WBC are too low and HB came down to 6.5 so had to go for blood transfusion. I am too wooried for low WBC, any thoughts on how to help her increase WBC. How long it normally takes to get the nos normalized after Vidaza.
Sorry to hear about your mom. I'm just a patient following doctors orders, thankfully it's been working for me. All my blood counts normalized after 3 rounds and have remained so after the 15th round. After the 1st round, my wbc was too low and they gave me a shot every day for 5 days, I don't recall what it was but I remember they said it was $10,000 per shot. Thankfully insurance covered it. Sorry I can't be be more helpful. Good luck to mom.
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Male 64 years old. Diagnosed MDS with 11% blasts in August 2016. Blood counts have normalized after 3 rounds of (Dacogen or Decitabine) Currently on Month 24 of Dacogen. Waiting for Decitabine to fail before doing SCT.
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