Harry,
Vidaza / Dacogen do NOT usually show great results after the first treatment...
I did my first treatment (8/05), and all my counts dropped, I waited 4 weeks in between, then a few weeks after my second treatment (9/09) everything came in gang busters... You really have to give the vidaza time to work, as many have had the same experience...
my numbers before and during chemo...
Code:
Component Standard Range 7/18 7/30# 8/15 8/22 8/29 9/09# 9/16 9/20 10/7
RDW-CV 11.6-14.4 % 16.1 15.1 13.8 18.5 17.0 14.3
RDW-SD 35.1-43.9 fl 51.5 48.1 40.9 55.9 53.5 45.0
HGB 13.7-17.5 g/dl 11.0 11.0 9.9 10.6 11.9 13.9 14.4 13.9 15.4
HCT 40-51 % 31.7 32.4 27.8 30.3 35.4 41.1 43.5 40.6 45.7
PLT 150-400 K/ul 95 91 51 60 209 333 249 176 209
RBC 4.63-6.08 M/uL 3.56 3.64 3.29 3.45 4.07 4.76 5.01 4.74 5.43
WBC 4.2-9.1 k/ul 3.2 3.5 2.6 1.7 1.8 2.2 4.0 4.1 3.5
NEUT% 34-68 % 53 62 52 31 32 46
NEUT 1.8-9.0 K/uL 1.7 2.2 1.4 0.5 0.6 1.0 2.7 3.0 2.1
LACT-DEH 313-618 U/L 670 598 --- 688 --- 517 --- --- 557*
BILIRUBIN 0.2-1.3 mg/dL 1.5 1.1 --- 1.8 --- 1.0 --- 1.0 ---
# started Dacogen chemo
*estimate based on different testing ranges
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Married, father of three daughters; now 46; diagnosed w/ Major form MDS 6/18/2013; had low counts across the board; Multiple chromosome abnormalities; Finished 2nd round Dacogen 9/13; SCT - Oct. 31, 2013; Sibling match 10/10
; 5.5% blasts down to 3%, now 1% (post BMT)