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With a FE at 1000, I doubt that it's a factor. Unless he had an iron problem prior to MDS and transfusions which would mean long term exposure to excess iron. But if the elevated iron/FE is a result of recent transfusions , then it's most likely not the culprit. Hopefully he had a baseline FE done before starting any treatments so you can better assess it. High iron usually takes 10 years to effect organs but it seems to effect the very young and old sooner.
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Marlene, wife to John DX w/SAA April 2002, Stable partial remission; Treated with High Dose Cytoxan, Johns Hopkins, June 2002. Final phlebotomy 11/2016. As of July 2021 HGB 12.0, WBC 4.70/ANC 3.85, Plts 110K.
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