Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS): Did you have stem cell transplant?
I am a caregiver for my husband who has recently been diagnosed with MDS. He has MM which he was treated for with a stem cell transplant using his own cells in January of 2018. He did 18 months of Revlimid post transplant as maintenance. His counts always were low once he started treatment and he had three incidences of pneumonia in those 18 months. The last time was September 2019 his neutrophils dropped to 300 and his hemoglobin (9.3) and platelets (83) also dropped. None of his counts recovered very quickly so they did another bone marrow biopsy and discovered the MDS. His MM is in remission but they discovered MDS. With the new diagnosis of MDS he no longer takes revlimid.
My question is, are their other people on connect who have gotten MDS from treatment or even have MDS? How long have you had MDS and are they monitoring it or have you had a bone marrow transplant with donor cells? And how was the transplant? We have lots of questions. So any answers would be helpful.
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I was diagnosed with MDS, specifically Refractory Anemia with Ring Sideroblasts in 2013. I became transfusion dependent 11/2 years ago. Is there anyone out there who is or has been treated with Azacytidine for RARS? Has anyone been treated for iron overload with Deferasirox?