[Mike S]

My lovely wife was diagnosed ten years ago with aplastic anemia. Misdiagnosis initially, had a very rough go, went to another hospital where things were sorted out and she made it through. Her counts were down but she was steady at her "new normal". The good doctor followed her until last summer when they decided to part ways on the condition that if something happened help was a phone call away. Well, last month she was feeling a familiar heaviness, low energy and finally some chest pain that set off the alarm bells. Our GP ordered blood work, etc. and her counts were in her boots so we made a visit the local Emerg for a couple of units of O neg. So the phone call was made to the good doctor, tests were done and officially - few hours ago - she was diagnosed with MDS.