Hi my name is Audrey and i was diagnosed in April with MDS and the problem i am having is when i tell people about it the first thing they ask is am i contagous this disease is hard enough for me to handle but when they say things like that i get really depressed and go through the why me stage has anyone ever had that happen to them also being in the military we have to have a paper trail for everything and now i may not even be able to finish out the rest of my career.