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February 28, 2005 at 1:21 am #4296

alice
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Hi,my boyfriend has been diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia a month ago and now his doctor told us that he has an acute myeloproliferative syndrom.Is this the same thing?Hope i don’t disturb anyone and hope to receive any answer from you.

February 28, 2005 at 3:34 pm #4297

Neil
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Hi Alice,
It could be MDS, but there are other diseases that are myeloproliferative syndromes. Would need more info to be sure.

February 28, 2005 at 10:40 pm #4298

alexandra7
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Buna Alice .I am from Bucharest as well. I ‘m using English in case any one else reads . First of all you are not disturbing anyone .The thing is you have to give us more details about your friend .What doctor does your boyf see ? ALexa

March 2, 2005 at 8:11 pm #4299

alice
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Hi,Alexa,i think that i am speaking about the same boy you mentioned in your post in january 24.But he is not so bad,now he is feeling very good,he must do his second step of chemoterapy and hope it is very good for him.Ater his first round of chemoterapy Dc. told me that his blast cells don’t apear anymore and that he will be cured.And this is why i ask if maybe he has MDS,which is not cancer.Today his white cells were 3800,his platelets are 260 000 and his hmg was 12,2.So,Neil,if you can help telling me if he may have MDS,and not AML?

March 3, 2005 at 5:02 am #4300

Neil
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Hi Alice,
There is not enough information to know if he has MDS. It would take a bone marrow biopsy to confirm a MDS diagnosis. His doctor should be able to provide a diagnosis and clarify his condition. It might take a little time to make sure it is correct.
His counts do look pretty good to be MDS. How old is he?
It is unusual for younger people to have MDS
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