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Thanks, Neil. Both my hematologist and my oncologist are strongly encouraging me to try to get the BMT. They've submitted me for a preliminary registry search for a matched unrelated donor. My husband and I are the ones resisting, struggling with the idea of having such a dangerous and debilitating procedure when I'm currently feeling so well.

It would be wonderful to hear more stories of long-term azacitidine (Vidaza) successes. For me, it seems like a miracle drug. When I was first diagnosed three months ago, I was told that my life expectancy was only about six months if treatment failed and I did not get a BMT. Having been healthy my entire life and coming from a long-lived, healthy family, I was stunned. My own positive response to this drug, as well as the success stories I've read here and elsewhere online have given us much hope.