Murphy, Bob is on his 6th round this time, he did six last year and then stopped for 7 months and the blast started coming back. The doctor now has him more on a mtc every 6 weeks.
Bob’s counts hold pretty stable but we also have contacted a Nurtritionist who has him on a regimen of Vitamins and supplements to Boost the Immune system and also to help with his counts.
When we started last week for this round his hgb was 11.3 the reds were 4.82 higher then I thought, wbc 10 and plts 77. Our concern is always the WBC as in Bobs case they escalate when blast start coming back.
Bob takes an antinausea med before each mornings shots.
Kathy is Correct as Vidaza is a form of Chemo it does kill good cells and bad in the effort to get the marrow to start producing on its own
Everyone is different, We have been grateful that so far it is working for Bob. He gets very tired during the week of treatment, but overall he feels pretty well considering this disease.
Each patient has to weigh the pros and cons. Bob has been tx free since Dec of 2003.
I wish you well and will add you to our prayers
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