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I am 76 and had smouldering Mds for 3 years before treatment became necessary.Ihave been given azatididine and was due to start the 4th 7day course of injections into the belly.This had to be aborted as my white blood cell count was zero.The platelet count has varied between 18 and 66.Haemoglobin has hovered around 100.Despite the fact that I remain fairly strong respecting hand shovelling heavy wet snow,looking after housework and weight training,i am worried about bouncing back so I can resume my chemo treatments.I have a wife in fragile health and she needs my strength and help.We can't rely on our children as they live far away in Asia.