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D+162 (4/11/2014)
Had my seventeenth (or so) outpatient visit to the hospital for eval...
WBC's were at 5.2 (4-11 K/mcL is Normal Range)....
ANC was 3.8 K/mcL (Normal Range is 1.5-8.8 K/mcL)...
HGB at 12.5 and PLT's about the same at 156...
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Count was 4.08 M/mcL (4.2-5.6 M/mcL is Normal Range)
Creatinine was good at 1.0, Potassium 4.5 and sodium at 142...
ALT-Alanine aminotransferase is down to 30 Units/L (Normal Range is 5-37 Units/L) and determines Liver distress...
Feeling pretty good, walking between 2.0 and 3.0 miles, 4 - 5 days per week, doing 100 push-ups (5 sets x 20), muscle mass and appetite are both back....
Immunity is still lower than normal (but good), so I still need monthly pantamodine lung treatments... Doctor explained they do this until my CD14? & CD19? counts are above 200 each... Currently they are at 56 & 110 respectively...
My Lymphocyte count was down to 7.2% (Normal Range is 12-48%) during my 3/7 visit, and that had me worried (not the Doctor) but that rebounded nicely to 12.8%.
Full 100 day cytogenetics report came back with no deletions, or abnormalities, next BMB scheduled for May 2nd, or 6 Months post BMT...
God Bless, and best to all...
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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)
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