[grejulian]

This is my first post - tho have been reading the site for months.

My husband was diagnosed with MDS RAEB-INT2 on August 20th 2010 - began Vidaza treatment - Subcutaneous injections - 7 days on 21 days off for the first 4 months. His blasts were at 10 % - the plan was to go for a Stem Cell Transplant after 4 rounds. It was appearing that he was transfusion dependent until December. Hes not had a transfusion since 12/13 and no Aranesp or Procrit either. His blood counts continue to rise and are almost within normal levels. There had not been any donor identified - therefore the Vidaza treatment continued. He just finished 6th round of Vidaza and had a repeat BMB which showed 2% blasts. SUCCESS!!!!!!! The transplant will be put off - and we meet with the docs soon to really go over the results and the blood counts.

Just wanted to let all of those newly diagnosed that Vidaza seems to be working for us!!! God Bless all of you - Patients and caretakers alike - living with this disease is scary and sometimes conditions/blood counts change on a daily basis. Most people never know how much a 10th of a percentage point elates those dealing with anemia!

Good health and blessings to all!!!