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Old Wed Jul 21, 2010, 06:46 PM
crpa crpa is offline
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Hi Debbie:

Thanks for the reply.
My husband had the Dacogen last month after the Vidaza treatment made his liver edzmes go to a high level. The Dacogen did the same with liver counts up after just one week of a 3 day treatment so the doctor ordered the treatment stopped again, which was after the induction treatment of 2 types of chemo in hospital for a stay of about 41 days until his blood counts came back to acceptable for leaving.
The Doctors think it is in his best interest to get him back in before his counts get back up and the aml comes back.
My understanding is that the patient has to be at a least 5 % blast count to do the transplant.
The induction chemo did bring my husband's count down , he started out at 30 % blast and now is 2 %.

I hope this helps and good luck with your Husband's treatment.
As the nurses and doctors keep saying, Everyone is different, my hubby hate that saying, but I am learning just how true it can be.
This is a weird disease, thank God for excellent Doctors and Hospitals.

Kindest Regards, Christine, aml wife and caregiver
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