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Old Sun Jul 8, 2007, 02:18 AM
Lisa V Lisa V is offline
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please explain

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Originally Posted by celebrations View Post
The median time for the response on EPO is between 17 and 23 months and I pray that I will succeed in that range.
celebrations, could you tell me what you mean and where you got these figures from? Do you mean that EPO is likely to stop working after a couple of years?

Ken has been on Procrit for nearly 3 years now and it's still working for him. We've cut the weekly dose in half (from 40 to 20) with no ill effects, but whenever we try skipping weeks his Hgb starts to slip. With the weekly shots he is able to maintain in the 12-13 range, so I'm hoping it never stops working, even though I wish he didn't need it.
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-Lisa, husband Ken age 60 dx SAA 7/04, dx hypo MDS 1/06 w/finding of trisomy 8; 2 ATGs, partial remission, still using cyclosporine
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