Hi @bettersleep68
I echo @loribmt comments regarding age factors in BMT for we older patients.
I was 75 when diagnosed and elected not to move forward with a BMT. On March 31st I will celebrate 2 years since diagnosis and intensive induction therapy! I am in deep remission with no evidence of my FLT3 or NPM1 mutations. I do still receive maintenance chemo therapy every 6 weeks of Dacogen and Venclexta (1/2). Dramatically reduced from 5/7 a year ago. While I see myself as “cured” I feel that no one is cured of cancer. I am blessed beyond belief as my journey has taken me from diagnosis (was sure I would be dead in months) to working part-time and celebrating life! I have gratitude daily and am giving back to my friends and family who are with me in this journey.
Prayers for all of us who are finding our lives turned around by a cancer diagnosis! I am living proof that the diagnosis doesn’t mean a death sentence. I asked my Hem/Onc doctor his goal for me and he said “that you die of old age”! That is my goal too;-)