Pam, I don’t know what they might do to “hold you”.I did try a drug trial for MDS that did not help however they did not do that until they were sure my sibling did not match for a transplant. They did not give me chemo until I had AML. defined I believe as 20% or more blasts in the marrow. Mine were 75%. I have not had any “displastiic” changes since I went into remission for both the MDS and the AML.No sign of either disease and my counts have stayed level and acceptable. People who have had or are waiting for a transplant shoud be able to tell you more but i have a feeling that they try to limit the chemo used if a transplant is in the picture. The Induction and consolidation sound slightly different then I hear about for a transplant. I had three drugs for induction, Ara-c, Etoposide, and Daunorubicin. They told me the consolidation was pretty much to get any bad cells that the ist treatment missed and might be hiding-that statistics showed you had a better chance for a longer remision with the two treatments. The consolidation was Ara-c and Daunorubicin-no Etoposide. When my blasts were as low as yours all they did was monitor me fairly closely.my white cells were the most effected by
MDS. I never felt bad or had any infections or symptoms except minor things during the time my counts were down from chemo. My other counts were below average but not in a place to cause problems. I hope it works out that you have plenty of time to wait for the right donor~
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