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Vitamin D
I was discovered, by my family doctor, to have a severe vitamin d deficiency before I started Vidaza and was given a prescription for a weekly therapeutic dose. When I mentioned it to my oncologist, she said that most Americans are vitamin d deficient but just don't realize because they never get it tested. She didn't seem too concerned. Not long after that, my 18-year-old niece was also diagnosed as being severely vitamin d deficient, about half the suggested minimum level.
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Karen, age 62, dx MDS RAEB-2 1/8/10: pancytopenia WBC 2.7k/Hgb 7.4/Hct 22.1/Plt 19k; complex cytogenetics -3,del(5)(q14q33),-6,+8,+mar,17% blasts. MUD BMT Johns Hopkins 11/30/10. Dx tongue cancer 8/31/12. ok now. blog mausmarrow.com
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