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Old Mon Apr 18, 2011, 02:09 PM
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Question Curious/Cataracts

just wondering how many with MDS out there have had cataract surgery....wondering if excess iron causes cataracts....and excess iron plays a role in bone marrow failure.....
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Old Mon Apr 18, 2011, 05:24 PM
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Prednisone effect...

About a month before my MDS diagnosis was confirmed, I was treated on very high-level prednisone IV in ICU. One effect of that treatment which was gradually tapered off was to affect my sight. My peripheral vision was reduced and cateract growth accelerated. I had to have eye surgery because of this and the MDS.
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Ric: Low-risk MDS (blasts <4%); 4 cycles Revlimid no positive response; PRBC transfusion dependent; so far, 392'units' over 8 3/4 years; BMB #4 (15/04/01) shows evolution to AML (blasts 20-30%) 47,XY,del(5) (q22q35),+21[24][cp24]/46,XY(1).
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