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Sat Oct 6, 2007, 02:26 PM
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Nine Years Since BMT
Dear Friends,
Today I'm celebrating the 9th anniversary of my matched unrelated donor bone marrow transplant for MDS/RA. From the time of my original diagnosis of aplastic anemia in 1996 through my transplant in 1998 to this 9th year, I've been cared for and supported by my family and friends, the wonderful doctors and nurses at the City of Hope, the AA&MDSIF, and my friends on the old AA-MDS-TALK listserv and here in the Marrowforums community. There are barely words to thank everyone for their help in my recovery, but I do thank you one and all. During the past year I've been struck by the increasing array of choices MDS patients now have for treating their disease. In 1998, the only options for me were supportive care (which amounted to waiting for my MDS to become Leukemia) and transplant. Because I had a relatively young family at the time and a perfectly matched donor, I decided to go for the cure via transplant. Now with availability of drugs like Revlimid, Vidaza, and Dacogen, patients can live better with fewer risks. And, transplant technology and care has improved by leaps and bounds so patients can return to health sooner and more easily than I did just 9 short years ago. In many ways I don't envy those of you who are struggling to make treatment decisions today, but I do think you are lucky to have all of these choices. Regards, Ruth Cuadra
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Diagnosed AA 10/96, MDS/RA 6/98, MUD/BMT 10/6/98 
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Wed Oct 8, 2014, 09:12 PM
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Amazing success story thanks for the post hope all is well today
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Fri Oct 10, 2014, 01:41 PM
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Congratulations, Ruth! Thanks for taking the time to come and celebrate with us. So much has changed in the last few years, it really is a wonderful time to be sick (ha!).
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36/F - 1984 SAA treated with ATG [complete remission until] Oct 08 - burst blood vessels in eyes and low platelets; Jan 09 - AA & hypo-MDS; July 09 - BMT (RIC MUD PSCT) July 10 - 10k for Anthony Nolan (1yr post BMT! 53:48) Sep 10 - Wedding!  I've run 5 marathons now!! (PB 3:30!)
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Sat Oct 11, 2014, 05:03 PM
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Congratulations Ruth
Our stories were a lot alike. I was so glad when I found this forum. I got a lot of information from the members here.
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62 yr old female. dx AA 3/12.treated with ATG 4/12.dx MDS 4/13. MUD BMT on June 25th,2013
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Sat Oct 11, 2014, 07:05 PM
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Congratulations, Ruth. And thanks to you and Ron for all the work you do with Marrowforums.
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Dx MDS RAEB 10% blasts + hypogammaglobulinemia, Sep 2011. Jan 2012 BMB - blasts down to 2% w/out treatment so BMT cancelled. Re-diagnosis RCMD. Watch and wait from Feb 2012. IVIg 5-weekly. New diagnosis Oct 2019 AML 23% blasts in marrow, 10% blasts in peripheral blood.
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Tue Oct 14, 2014, 01:13 AM
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Thanks for the kind words, but this is a forum thread from 2007.
Now it's 2014 so please see my latest thread. Ruth
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Diagnosed AA 10/96, MDS/RA 6/98, MUD/BMT 10/6/98
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