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To: Kickass Conservative

Thank you. An old friend called me recently. His mother was feeling unwell and went to the hospital on a Wednesday. Two days later on Friday she passed away. It was AML. It’s a terrible and fast moving cancer. But, we do live in inspiring times for new cancer research and prophylactic meds. Because of fast acting dr’s I’m here. A donor stem cell transplant was needed because an aggressive mutation. (No baking Aida in the world would have fixed me. I can’t believe what I read sometimes).


71 posted on 05/07/2017 11:17:48 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: HollyB

Glad you got through it so well. My buddy had a rough time when he had his BMT. He was in and out of the Hospital for nearly a Year, but he made it through.

While my CLL is currently treatable, I also have MDS (Myelodysplastic Syndrome) which will probably require a Bone Marrow Transplant if it becomes more aggressive.

MDS has a habit of morphing into Acute Leukemia, so my Oncologist is keeping an eye on it.

The same time I was told my CLL was in Remission I was told that I also had MDS. I told my Oncologist that I didn’t realize he was having a BOGO Sale.


72 posted on 05/07/2017 11:33:22 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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