New & Confused
Hi Everyone !
I just registered after reading these forums for the last month. I'm not a science person at all so I'll try to explain everything as best as I can ...
Two years ago, my mother's Family Doctor noticed that her Red Blood Cell numbers were going down. She was given medication because the FD thought that it was anemia. It didn't help and my mother was referred to a Hematologist last month. Upon the first appointment, the Hematologist booked a Bone Marrow Biopsy for my mother for the week after.
We received the news this past Wednesday: my mother has MDS.
- IPSS Score is 0
- Blast Count is 1%
In three weeks, we have an appointment with an MDS Specialist.
I'm just so confused, overwhelmed, and scared at the same time.
There's no cure - it was made very clear to me by the Hematologist.
What should I be expecting next ?
Does MDS become Leukemia in 5 years? (I keep going on to Google and I feel that there's so much information out there that it's hard to understand)
Thanks in advance !!
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