View Single Post
  #8  
Old Thu Sep 8, 2016, 01:12 PM
tytd tytd is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Southeast, USA
Posts: 132
high MCV

hello Zent, I wholeheartedly agree with what Neil has said. It appears that your father's MCV corrected with B12 therapy so why go looking for trouble. Your father could live another 20+ years and even if he had MDS with normal blood counts what would they do about it? They would watch his blood counts(CBC) for any decline and follow him for symptoms or signs of any anemia, low WBC or low platelet count. As far as I know there is no advantage to diagnosing MDS in the early stages unless one is having symptoms from the disease which need support. Granted I do not know all the details of your father's medical history but I would not subject him to a bone marrow unless the information obtained from it would benefit your father or change his treatment. I do not find bone marrow taps entertaining as Baillie does. Good luck to your father and you.
__________________
possible low to int-1 MDS with predominant thrombocytopenia, mild anemia, dx 7/08, in watch and wait mode
Reply With Quote