[Linda E.]

Hi. I have been a member of this group for a while, but, never posted.
My mother, who is 78, was diagnosed with MDS, reab, about one year ago. She was showing symptoms for years (low platelet counts), but, tested negative for mds until last April.

She went through a 6-month round of Vidaza and saw some improvement as her platelets were staying at/around 30,000 for the past 6 months. They had previously been as low as 5,000. She suffered from many side effects from the Vidaza as she has a lot of other medical issues.

She has been in the hospital for most of the past 3 weeks, d/t pneumonia and low wbc. (as low as .5; currently at 1.0) Had a bmb on Friday and yesterday, we got the diagnosis that she has progressed to AML.

She is not likely to survive the traditional chemo regimen. Her doctor is contemplating using Mylotarg, which is usually reserved for someone having a first recurrence, after remission from the traditional chemo. We are meeting with him again this evening. Is anyone familiar with Mylotarg, it's side effects and success/failure rate?

Thanks, in advance, for any information that you may have.

Linda E.