Figured I'd post this here for future reference...
Received 41mg daily for 5 days Dacogen 8/5 - 8/9/2013...
Side effects, slight nausea (minor), major constipation... My advice is to start taking Miralax the day before you start chemo... Took 3 days to get regular again. Also was very tired / sluggish, which is par for course...
As you can see below, Dacogen made my WBC & Neutrophils take a dive, and I am waiting for my third post Dacogen blood test 8/29, which will hopefully show a rebound...
I'm currently on 250mg of Dicloxacillan 4 times/day for pop up bacterial infections (boils under the arm pits, and sty in one eye)...
Dr. is reluctant to give me nueprogen fearing it will raise my blasts...
(although I've read somewhere that it doesn't do so statistically)
I'm scheduled for my second round 9/3 - 9/7/2013, we'll see if I can improve by then...
Code:
Component Standard Range 6/14 6/19 7/18 7/30 8/15 8/22
RDW-CV 11.6-14.4 % 18.1 18.1 16.1 15.1 13.8 18.5
RDW-SD 35.1-43.9 fl 59.1 58.1 51.5 48.1 40.9 55.9
HGB 13.7-17.5 g/dl 8.0 9.1 11.0 11.0 9.9 10.6
HCT 40-51 % 23.3 26.0 31.7 32.4 27.8 30.3
PLT 150-400 K/ul 70 76 95 91 51 60
RBC 4.63-6.08 M/uL 2.57 2.91 3.56 3.64 3.29 3.45
WBC 4.2-9.1 k/ul 2.0 1.9 3.2 3.5 2.6 1.7
NEUT% 34-68 % 46 48 53 62 52 31
NEUT 1.8-9.0 K/uL 1.0 0.9 1.7 2.2 1.4 0.5
LACT-DEH 313-618 U/L 693 695 670 598 --- 688
BILIRUBIN 0.2-1.3 mg/dL --- 1.8 1.5 1.1 --- 1.8
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Married, father of three daughters; now 46; diagnosed w/ Major form MDS 6/18/2013; had low counts across the board; Multiple chromosome abnormalities; Finished 2nd round Dacogen 9/13; SCT - Oct. 31, 2013; Sibling match 10/10
; 5.5% blasts down to 3%, now 1% (post BMT)