In the past 8 years I have been on watchful waiting for MDS. I had low hemoglobin numbers on a routine blood test which resulted in a bone marrow biopsy to diagnose. CBC numbers remained fairly stable until the last year which triggered additional testing. An MRI discovered a growth on one kidney which led to many additional tests and a mantle cell lymphoma diagnosis. I have just started a chemo series of six - rituxamad and bendamustine. They were concerned anything stronger might be hard on my bone marrow. In addition the MDS seems to take an autologous bone marrow transplant off the table.