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Transfusions

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August 23, 2007 at 10:13 pm #19118

SusanJ
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Hello friends,

Has anyone here had to have transfusions as close together as 2 to 3 days? My dad has been having to have transfusions every 2 weeks until his latest hospitalization, now he has started to need them every 3-4 days. Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks for your input.

August 25, 2007 at 7:20 pm #19119

jaxem
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susan
what type cells is he needing; hemoglobin (since he had aranesp), platelets? how many units per tx? is he getting shots for wbc’s? besides dacogen, thoughts about revlimid? what are his blast counts on last bmb? when was last bmb?

August 27, 2007 at 3:43 pm #19120

maueenh
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Hi Susan,

When my father was in the hospital they were transfusing him every couple of days. Platelets seem to be the real problem but my understanding is that platelets don’t last long.

Is your dad still in the hospital? Is it an infection?

Maureen

September 11, 2007 at 5:59 pm #19121

Frankiesue71
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My mom was getting transfusions of plts, wbc, and rbc about every other day. From what I’ve read, transfusions that frequently is pretty extreme. It seemed like every couple weeks is more common.
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