Hi run4peach1,
Thank you for your prayers - I need them because my hemoglobin is very slowly decreasing and I perhaps will have to start with Vidaza during the spring. I hoped that Promacta for low platelets should be available on license for MDS patients because my platelet count is low (last count 50) but Promacta is only given to patients with Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura.
We can have blasts in periferal blood and that must be the reason for your fathers dr to start treatment with Vidaza.
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/p...yelodysplastic
We are all different but probably Dacogen still can affect your fathers bone marrow - hope he is getting the best supportive care like red blood cell transfusions, Neupogen for white blood cells and platelet transfusion if he needs these treatments.
Kind regards
Birgitta-A