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I will be having my 12th BMB next Wednesday. Then comes the really tough decision. I am back on Vidaza (that is what I was on before the SCT) and another pill called Sprycel. It is a rough go (the Vidaza is fine, the Sprycel is rough). I am guaranteed an eight hour headache every night, some nausea and weakness. Both of these medicines lower blood cell counts. My decision will be to go back into the hospital at OHSU for 30 days of chemo and maybe get six months or take a chance and continue the Vidaza and Sprycel which might work for 3-10 months. I can’t stand the thought of going through the chemo for 30 days in the hospital. It is shaping up to be a lose-lose situation and I have never liked those.

Any suggestions? We do have the "death with Dignity" law in Oregon which is worth consideration.