Hi muzziee,
Try these sites about MDS. I hope the link to chemo isn´t too long.
You can always mail questions to me if there are words that you don´t understand. I have never heard that MDS patients that have been transfusion dependent have had blood taken out except for investigations.
There are many chemo drugs for MDS patients like Clofarabine, AraC, Fludarabine and Busulfan. Perhaps your mother will tell you which one she will get. She will hopefully answer your first question and then start to change the subject. Tell her that you worry more when you hardly know anything about her status and treatment.
http://www.marrow.org/PATIENT/Undrst...MDS/index.html
http://www.marrow.org/PATIENT/Undrst...apy/index.html
Kind regards
Birgitta
68 yo, MDS Interm-1 dx May 2006, transfusion dependent, Desferal 4 days every 5:th week, Neupogen injections 2 dayd/week