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Today (6/17/09) was Ron's 22nd day of his 3rd Cycle of Vidaza (by injection) treatment on clinical trial e1905.

AWESOME LAB RESULTS TODAY !!!!

HGB 15.2, Hemacrit 43.6%, RBC 4.33, WBC 5.0, Neutrophils 56%, PLT 179

All counts have continued to increase, except the PLT did decrease some, but, still within the normal range. We're very pleased with Ron's WBCs!!!

We saw Ron's Doctor in the hallway and he smiled really BIG when he saw Ron's lab printout. Our doctor will be out of town next Wed when Ron begins Cycle#4 (Vidaza Injections), but, he said he wanted to set up an appt to discuss Ron's progress and future treatments. Ron's Clinical Trial coordinator said she just reported last week that Ron was doing exceptionally well on the 10-Day low dose regime... Not sure what this cycle will bring ... but, I'm thinking that perhaps Ron's BMB may come sooner than the clinical trial scheduled - month BMB...

NOTE: As far as "how Ron felt all week"..... He felt good all week, except for just one evening (2 nts ago). Ron said he didn't feel very good... that he felt weird. He mentioned his teeth/jaw hurt some and so did his back. He has had history with back/shoulder muscular/skeletal aches/pains, but, only recently teeth aching. He's been using the BIOTENE toothpaste the first 2 cycles, but, has now changed to "Sensidine" for sensitive teeth to see if that helps resolve anything... will let you now of future teeth problems/aches. The night he felt bad he said he had a headache too, so he took some tylenol. The next day he felt fine. Maybe it's MDS related.... treatment related, or just normal.... just felt bad one evening... it's hard to tell sometimes... I just mention these things for others to compare... etc.

Today we feel exceptionally Blessed.... And we continue to Praise God !!!

Cindy