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I'm sorry for your father's situation. It sounds so similar to what mine was. I had an infectious lung disease at about Day +210. They immediately took me off tac and prednisone and put me on Vidaza. My blasts went up to 33 percent and I went from 100 percent donor down to 85 percent. After two cycles of Vidaza I was back to where I was before the infection to 100 percent donor, no genetic mutations and feeling well. Of course we don't know how long it will last, but so far it has been 11 months of remission.
I think (following Greg's lead), that a person's telomeres become vulnerable during an infection and can cause hopefully temporary susceptibility in a person's chromosomes. My choices were the Vidaza or a DLI. We wish you the best outcome.
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age 70, dx RAEB-2 on 11-26-2013 w/11% blasts. 8 cycles Vidaza 3w/Revlimid. SCT 8/15/2014, relapsed@Day+210 (AML). Now(SCT-Day+1005). Prepping w/ 10 days Dacogen for DLI on 6/9/2017.
Last edited by bailie : Thu May 5, 2016 at 11:29 AM.
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