High Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome: What to Expect?

Posted by Ray Kemble @ray666, 4 hours ago

My 83-year-old partner was diagnosed this afternoon with high rish myelodysplastic syndrome. She's too old for a BMT. Her doctor suggested a combo of chemo and transfusions. The other option was transfusions only. We've the weekend to make a choice. Others who've been at this crossroads, have you have advice for us? We'd been most grateful. –Ray (@ray666)

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | 3 hours ago

Hi Ray, So sorry to hear that your partner was diagnosed with high risk myelodysplastic syndrome. Hoping you find some answers soon to help you with the treatment decision. While you wait for members to respond, you might want to look through the discussions and member comments I found with this search for "myelodysplastic syndrome treatment" - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/?search=myelodysplastic+syndrome+treatments.

In one of the newsfeed posts in the search it had this article that might be helpful:
-- Myelodysplastic Syndromes Treatment: Past, present and goals for the future
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/hematology/newsfeed-post/myelodysplastic-syndromes-treatment-past-present-and-goals-for-the-future/

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