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First of all hello and thank you for reading, Cancer took my mum from 3 weeks diagnosis to passing, 5 years ago. My nana was less than 3 weeks diagnosis to passing 13 years ago. Surely not going to be hit a 3rd time.. My husband was diagnosed on 11th...
Hi everyone, My dad was diagnosed with AML Jan this year (aged 55), he has done 3 rounds of chemo and was supposed to have his stem cell transplant in Aug. This got delayed due to poor recovery after his most intensive course of chemo, he was supposed...
Hi my partner's just relapsed it really doesn't matter if you get bone marrow biopsy or not who knew.. anyway the more I read into it it looks like a second bone marrow is eventually most likely but just thought I'd see if there were any people who didn...
I was diagnosed with AML in March 2023. I am having my treatment at home, cytarabine and venetoclax. Just finishing 3 rd cycle. Anyone else on this drug combination? Am feeling a bit isolated.
My 28 year old daughter has been diagnosed today with AML. She wasn’t even ill so this has come as a massive shock. Looking for advice on how to support and what she will need during/after chemo. Thank you
My 74 year old mum was diagnosed with AML last week and has been offered chemo (azacitidine and venetoclax) - which I understand would be continuous until it stopped working. Could anyone please share their experiences of a similar regime ? She is frightened...
Hi everyone, just looking for some support, or shared experiences reference my Mum's experience, we are now 15 weeks past diagnosis of AML (which was a complete shock) she was relatively fit and healthy for her age (80 years old) 3 rounds of chemo completed...
H everyone, I'm new to this forum, wanted to share my mums story in the possibility of some advice. My mum who is 80 years old was diagnosed with terminal AML end of May (complete shock) on the day she was diagnosed she was admitted into hospital and...
Hi all my dad has been in hospital 3 wks severe pneumonia and very anaemia , blood test discovered blasts in his blood/cells , we met onchologist today who discussed diagnosis and said chemo would not be an option as his body wouldn’t manage and said...
Hi, I’m writing for my aunt who has just found out that her AML have recurred after 25 years in remission. She had her own stem cell transplant 25 years ago and successful remission. She’s low energy right now so I’m writing for her. She’s currently...
