Bailie,
Unfortunately, I have not had any real positive response thus far to Vidaza, but keep in mind that Vidaza can take up to 6 cycles to see an improvement for some patients. At 6 cycles, 91% of people who will respond, respond at that point. After 3 cycles, I believe that it is 70% of those who are going to respond, do. Every individual seems to be pretty darned unique when it comes to response, but the above are backed by the study below.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21656747
Do I feel better or worse? I would say that in general, I do not feel better, but the problem is that I may have felt worse regardless of starting Vidaza or not.
I turn 40 in February.
@ Diver Down's wife, I did read an interesting article the other night suggesting that 12% is a critical number of blasts at transplant, meaning that there was not a significant difference in survival between people who were under 12% vs 12% or more at transplant. The study was for AML patients, so it may not be fully applicable, but may be a guide.
http://link.springer.com/article/10....185-013-1312-1