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Old Sun Feb 4, 2007, 03:13 PM
Albert Seufert Albert Seufert is offline
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I had my spleen removed in 2002. Don't know if it made any difference. I was dx MDS and pancreatic cancer. They removed the spleen when they operated on the pancreas. I did not need transfusions at that time. The MDS continued to progress and transfusions were started in 2004. Time between transfusions has shortened and are now 2 weeks apart. There are risks associated with all operations and I would be more concerned with them than with the loss of the spleen.
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