So I finished up most of my pre-transplant testing yesterday, along with BMB / BMA (Cytogenetics will take at least a week)...
I've met with many from the transplant team, social worker, case manager, nurses, Pharmasist, etc...
Looks like this is gonna happen starting the 21st of October...
With the exception of my WBC's(which is slightly low) everything looks great, Dr. said, I probably could see 2 years of Dacogen response based upon my initial two rounds of chemo, but why would I risk it? There are no complications right now, and it's time to strike, since the stars are in alignment...
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
God Bless, and prayers for everyone...
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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)