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Hey Greg,
We are still waiting to find out the results of blood work from last week to find out if any of the copper or other numbers have come up. Bruce has had 3 copper injections so far, and a few more of the other things he was low in. The family doc is ordering those tests, the hematologist has only been running bloodwork on his rbc/wbc and ferritin. We tried to get them to coordinate so Bruce only had to be stuck once, but decided it was just too frustrating.
Bruce officially was taken off the Aranesp yesterday; the hematologist said it wasn't doing anything.
We're taking a little break from the hematologist for a month while we regroup -- Bruce will be seen by the family doc in the meantime.
He was getting by on his transfusions at about 2-1/2 months, this last one was at about 7 weeks.
Re spring reaching us...we only have daffodils up so far, we're a bit later being in the mountains, the buds on the fruit trees are just starting to swell. The weather has been reliably rainy, your spring sounds just lovely.
Hope you are feeling well, and that your bees are doing their jobs.
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Catherine, wife of Bruce age 75; diagnosed 6/10/11 with macrocytic anemia, neutropenia and mild thrombocytopenia; BMB suggesting emerging MDS. Copper deficient. Currently receiving procrit and neuopogen injections weekly, B12 dermal cream and injections, Transfusions ~ 5 weeks.
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