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AML, age 78, taking Decetabine/ Venetoclax, no transplant
Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Jun 1 9:47am | Replies (80)Comment receiving replies
@loribmt
Thank you so much!
I know how blessed I am and continue to be on this AML/MDS journey. The timing of my diagnosis and treatment has been better than I have ever expected. When I declined the BMT my records showed 12 months and palliative care! My friend who was with me when I got my diagnosis and watched as I received my intensive induction therapy thought I would never come home from the hospital - she still cries and calls me a miracle too when we talk about how my care team and treatment(s) have given me my life back!
Blessings to you and EVERYONE on the Mayo connect site!
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Seriously, @sonieaml. This message brought tears to MY eyes this morning. A good friend of mine and I still get all misty-eyed recalling days when she’d stand in the parking lot across from my hospital room so she could wave to me! Undergoing the chemo for AML, I wasn’t able to have visitors and we had no idea if I was going to make it out of the hospital alive. I was there the first time for 5 weeks. So I can absolutely feel the depth of gratitude you and your friend share for the miracle that has you living your best life! We are walking miracles and I’m so trilled for you to have done this without requiring the bone marrow transplant! That’s enormous! I hope you can feel my Big Bear hug of joy through the computer this morning! 💝