Hi everyone, I was provisionally diagnosed with leukaemia last Friday and had my official, post-biopsy diagnosis of AML today. I’m a 26 year old male with no history of any blood conditions, although I’ve had other health conditions like a tracheosophageal...
Morning In the space of just a week my 68 year old dad has gone from feeling a bit ropey with a cough/chest infection and having his AML diagnosis from a blood/bone marrow sample to being in ICU on full life support with us being told they werent sure...
Hi, husband of 53 newly diagnosed. He is being amazing, so positive and holding it together. Me however am losing it! Trying not to though for our 2 teenagers. Any support guidance would be much appreciated. Thank you x
I am on this forum as I still don't know what is wrong with my fiancé. He's been in hospital 5 weeks with worsening anaemia and excruciating lower back pain. His bone marrow was dry and the biopsy was inconclusive. They were thinking a return of the NHL...
Hello everyone, I’m new to the forum. I was diagnosed with AML in November 2005 just after giving birth to my son. I had chemotherapy and was in isolation for the majority of the 6 months of treatment. I feel extremely fortunate to have survived as long...
Hi , I was diagnosed last Oct with AML, suddenly and out of the blue, picked up during a routine blood test.I was hospitalised the same day, had a Bone marrow biopsy the next day, and started chemo 2 weeks later.Im on a cliniical trial of Cytaribine and...
Hello, I’ll mainly be reading but want you to know that your help ideas and advice are being taken onboard. My partner is due to go in for AML chemo soon and we are both scared. He feels fine and can’t understand why this is happening. I feel helpless...
My husband was diagnosed with MDS - EB2 transformed AML. DDX41 mutation, in January this year after routine blood tests he has had no symptoms before or since. It became AML in March on 27th March he went in to Kings College London for chemo. During his...
Hi recently diagnosed with AML completely out of the blue after feeling a little tired. Waiting for further test results to determine treatment. Family devastated. Feel so depressed and alone . I am just 72 years old but fit with no other health issues...
My boyfriend got Diagnosed with AML yesterday after an emergency trip to the hospital. He started chemo today and he seems to be handling it better than I am. I was just wondering how others have found ways to cope and how I can help him.
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