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Old Wed Mar 15, 2017, 04:37 PM
bailie bailie is offline
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Eileen, I am sorry for the difficult diagnosis for your father. Welcome to this forum. It is a very tough decision. There are usually not significant side effects with Vidaza. The only thing I have noticed is localized redness (sunburn feeling) in the area of the shots and a tiredness for about three days following the administration. It is not as significant as what many think about "chemo". I have had 25 cycles of Vidaza. Of course everyone is different and the age of 86 makes it more difficult. The positive part of the decision is that if the Vidaza is causing problems it can be stopped at any time. Be sure to ask questions here if you have any. We wish you and your Dad the best.
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age 70, dx RAEB-2 on 11-26-2013 w/11% blasts. 8 cycles Vidaza 3w/Revlimid. SCT 8/15/2014, relapsed@Day+210 (AML). Now(SCT-Day+1005). Prepping w/ 10 days Dacogen for DLI on 6/9/2017.
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