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The term "aplastic anemia" really doesn't reflect the seriousness of the disease. It sounds very benign. Like Neil said, most think it's easily corrected with iron supplements or by eating red meat. We finally just started to tell people that John had catastrophic bone marrow failure to drive the point home when needed. We then told them the medical label for what was going on in his bone marrow was called Severe Aplastic Anemia. I'm not one for drama but I found this was a good short cut to getting the point across about the severity of SAA.
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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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