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Old Wed Oct 16, 2013, 11:16 PM
Whizbang Whizbang is offline
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Central NJ
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Received 2nd round 41mg daily for 5 days Dacogen 9/9 - 9/13/2013...

Was scheduled for the week earlier, but caught a cold and got a few small infections.. The extra week off did me good...

As can be seen Dacogen did wonders for me...

Code:
Component  Standard Range  7/18  7/30# 8/15  8/22  8/29  9/09# 9/16  9/20  10/7
RDW-CV     11.6-14.4 %     16.1  15.1  13.8  18.5  17.0  14.3
RDW-SD     35.1-43.9 fl    51.5  48.1  40.9  55.9  53.5  45.0
HGB        13.7-17.5 g/dl  11.0  11.0   9.9  10.6  11.9  13.9  14.4  13.9  15.4
HCT        40-51 %         31.7  32.4  27.8  30.3  35.4  41.1  43.5  40.6  45.7
PLT        150-400 K/ul      95    91    51    60   209   333   249   176   209
RBC        4.63-6.08 M/uL  3.56  3.64  3.29  3.45  4.07  4.76  5.01  4.74  5.43
WBC        4.2-9.1 k/ul     3.2   3.5   2.6   1.7   1.8   2.2   4.0   4.1   3.5
NEUT%      34-68 %           53    62    52    31    32    46
NEUT       1.8-9.0 K/uL     1.7   2.2   1.4   0.5   0.6   1.0   2.7   3.0   2.1
LACT-DEH   313-618 U/L      670   598   ---   688   ---   517   ---   ---   557*
BILIRUBIN  0.2-1.3 mg/dL    1.5   1.1   ---   1.8   ---   1.0   ---   1.0   ---
# started Dacogen chemo
*estimate based on different testing ranges
Heading into the city tomorrow for a few last minute appointments / CBC / Checkup, and on track for 10/21 admittance for SCT/BMT...
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Married, father of three daughters; now 46; diagnosed w/ Major form MDS 6/18/2013; had low counts across the board; Multiple chromosome abnormalities; Finished 2nd round Dacogen 9/13; SCT - Oct. 31, 2013; Sibling match 10/10 ; 5.5% blasts down to 3%, now 1% (post BMT)
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