Hi
My Mum was diagnosed with MDS (Bone Marrow) which turned into Leukemia.
She has spent the last 5 weeks in hospital having Chemo. The initial plan was to have intensive chemo for 7 days which turned into 11 days, then wait for her cells and counts to rise, go home for a couple of weeks then have a bone marrow transplant.
This hasn't gone to plan. She has reacted badly to the chemo, bleeding under the skin and platelet count down to 5 and for a few days as low as 0 ! she has lost weight and is now only 6 stones
The Consultant said it is too risky to do a bone marrow transplant as the death rate is 25% compared to 5% with chemo.
She came home on Monday, how do we know if the chemo has done its job. Can you get a cure from AML without a transplant. X
