Msd leukemia myelodysplastic syndrome

[sunflower68]

Hi there,
Bit of a sad one, my dad has been diagnosed with the above, aka preleukemia. I am quite hopeful he will be ok (I am an eternal optimist) but wondered if any of you A~bers had anything to share on this one.
He is 73, diabetic and has a heart condition too : (
tyiaxx

[ttfn]

Hi sunflower. Sorry, I do not have anything to share on this one. Just wanted to wish your dad well and bring it back into latest posts. Hope he gets some good support/advice x

[sunflower68]

thankyou for your kind thoughts ttfn xx

[marval]

I also know nothing about it, but I wish your Dad well. Keep up your optmism, it might make it a litle easier to handle.xx

[Sqad]

Laygun/slaney will give a better opinion on this complicated disorder as they are chemical pathologists.

It is a type of abnormality of stem cells in the bone marrow leading to outright leukaemia in almost all cases, with the characteristic signs and symptoms.

The outcome(prognosis) is much better if one is young than in the elderly where the prognosis is "gloomy"

That is my "lot" on this rather distressing condition.

[rowanwitch]

Myelodysplastic syndrome can remain stable for some time from a few months to a few years and only about a third of patients proceed to leukaemia although they often need frequent blood transfusions and later on may need platelet transfusions too. They may also be more prone to infections

there are now some treatments available that can slow down the process but his heart condition may make treament a little more difficult but he may just need more monitoring and possibly lower doses. hopefully he will be seeing a good haematologist. Lots of info on the web but a lot of it is quite scary.... or very technical.