[Trudy Elder]

Hi, Carol –

I was diagnosed with MDS a little over a year ago. My white cell count was also elevated. I had never heard of MDS so I spent a lot of time online trying to figure out what the disease entails. I’ve had chemo treatments (Decitabine) every four weeks since last April and for the last four months, all my blood counts are within the normal range. My local oncologist explained the disease by saying “Your bone marrow is all messed up.” The oncologist treating me at MD Anderson explained about blasts, etc. but I don’t really understand it. This is a wonderful site to learn about MDS.

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