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Dacogen
Mike,
Thank you for yor reply. Our disease progrression seems very similar. I was diagnosed July 07 and started Dacogen Sept 07 for 12 cycles of evry 28 days. By Ja 08 I was in remission and had no treatments just monthly CBC follow ups. When my white count started falling last October doctor ordered another BMB which came back Dec 09 as 5-6% blasts. Doctor put me back on Dacogen same dosage same schedule. But it seems to be harder on me this time around. The white count dosen't recover between cycles as t did back in 07-08 and the fatigue is much worse. I finally begged off my last scheduled treatment and now at week 6 white count is at 2.8. I haven't been there in awhile.
Biopsy in May shows blasts down to 2-3% range so Dacogen is working again. I see my doctor next week and intend to ask her about the 6 to 8 week cycle. Bad news is that she is moving out of state in July so I have to start over with a new oncologist. Just hope I get someone I like as well as she has been very open to discussing treatment plans and options. Guess I should be happy to have come this far (3Years) with no major illiness only one hospitalization for infection of the pic line. Thanks again for your imput.
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