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Old Mon Sep 30, 2013, 03:11 PM
Mseth Mseth is offline
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Copper and Zinc levels

Hi Chirley, hope you are continuing to do well. Your spirit and humour in every situation is remarkable!!

I am still in the 'understanding MDS' mode, and have many questions always for members on the forum, hopefully someday I will be able to contribute with answers for others too.

This is specifically on Copper/Zinc, my mothers test results are:

Serum Copper - 92.10 (normal range 85 - 190)
Serum Zinc - 127.60 (normal range 70 - 120)

The doctor did not seem concerned that zinc was higher than normal. Even though copper is within normal range, will a copper supplement to bring her levels in the mid range help with her MDS? or otherwise?

ANy advice will be appreciated. Many thanks.
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Mother age 79, dx MDS RCMD low risk del 20q April 2013, no response to EPO, Danazol. pRBC tx dependent - 2 units every 3-4 weeks, exjade Dec 2013 - Mar2014, restarted Dec 2014
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