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Hi Wendy,
John has not tried any anabolic steroids for his AA. He does have very low testosterone levels though and he's going to approach it naturally as his first line of treatment. If that fails, then he's going to use a bio-identical form of testosterone. I don't know if this will effect his blood counts like the synthetic anabolic steriods but I think it may be a safer option. Both tend to "shut down" the testes own production though. Knowing John, anabolic steriods would be too much for him.
He continues with acupuncture but has stopped the herbs. He did the herbs for 4 months and saw no improvement. His last CBC showed improvement in all three lines and I think that has to do with correcting some vitamin deficiencies and upping his B12,folate and B6. So he's doing really well and his counts are in pretty good shape...His total white count is getting close to normal and his ANC is in the normal range. So even with low testosterone, his counts continue to creep up.
Marlene
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Marlene, wife to John DX w/SAA April 2002, Stable partial remission; Treated with High Dose Cytoxan, Johns Hopkins, June 2002. Final phlebotomy 11/2016. As of July 2021 HGB 12.0, WBC 4.70/ANC 3.85, Plts 110K.
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