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PCP
My hubby had PCP within a year of his stem cell transplant . . . as I understand it, that timing is not unusual. We were told it is a fungal form of pneumonia (which is usually viral or bacterial) and is opportunistic. Scared me to death.
The "nadir" is the low point in your blood counts while undergoing chemo. Most chemos have a predictable nadir point . . . their effects are well known enough that it can be predicted that someone will "nadir" . . . or "bottom out" at X number of days following administration of chemo.
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hubby 73, dx NHL 2001, CNS involvement. SCT (auto) 5/08 [dx UTUC renal pelvis, 2010/surgeries/MMC], MANY recurrences, chemos, surgeries, rad. dx t-MDS 3/11: IPSS 1.5 (Int-2); MDA 11, RCMD trilineage, inc. Fe, ring sideroblasts, 7q del/mono 7 (51.5%), 46,XY,t(6,17)(p22;q25)[4]/45,XY,-7[4]/46,XY[12].
Last edited by Darice : Tue Nov 15, 2011 at 10:16 AM.
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