With AA the treatment usually doesn't include growth factors. The Drs want the marrow to do it job on its own. Growth factors might slow the production of marrow. The thing to remember is that AA is probably a group of related occurances as opposed to a specific illness. Platelets only last 2-3 days from my experience. It is difficult to determine what the cause might be and I would not worry about it to much. Hopefully everything will begin to work soon. Have the Doctors discussed bone marrow transplant at this point? They probably will wait at least 6 months for the ATG/ cyclosporine to work, but it is worth talking about BMT. I wish you all the best
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Scott 51 yr SAA 3/2012. PTL 7, ANC 200. ATG finished 4/9/2012. 2/4/2013. TX independent:; PTL 133, ANC 3300, Hgb 13.4.
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