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Hello, My father (86) was diagnosed with AML yesterday and I am absolutely devastated. He had MDS for over 2 years and the last 6 months he had injections every week which he responded well too. Then he had a couple of infections the last few weeks...
Hi , good evening , very new to all this and very scared and anxious. My newly wed husband of 10momths was diagnosed with AML in July this year out of the blue . A very fit healthy man . He has had 2 sessions of chemo and had every side effect related...
Hi Group As mentioned my wife has AML and finished her cycle of chemo without too many issues after 5 days. Then on Friday day 6 she had shivers and her blood pressure drops. She is identified on the wsrd then her blood pressure drops and she is rushed...
Hi all, I see a lot of the posts are fairly old on here but hopefully someone can help. My dad, who is 84, was diagnosed with AML last week. He has been offered non-intensive chemo (Azacitidine) which hopefully gets started soon. I’m trying to be positive...
About 6 or 8 years ago I had a Radical Prostatectomy and a long period of Radio Therapy. Now this 78 year old after a Bone Marrow Biopsy have been told there is no treatment that won’t make me worse. I also have a tickling cough getting worse and a few...
Hello everyone. I’m new here with a diagnosis of therapy related AML. The outlook isn’t good for me and I’m devastated, it’s incurable and my life expectancy is short. Just looking to chat with you, see how you are and how you deal with all of this on...
Hi. I’m having a bad night and found this group. My mum, my wonderful mum, was diagnosed with AML 6 weeks ago and it’s been a tough time for us all getting used to this. It’s the uncertainty of what’s to come that is getting to me. I am so scared she...
Hi, my son was diagnosed with APML leukemia in April this year. We are now just over half way through his chemo treatment. He is doing as well as can be expected. I am his main carer, organizing meds (waking him each day to take them as some are time...
A lifelong friend was recently diagnosed with aml after exhibiting leukaemia type symptoms for many months. I read how aggressive it can be so I’m surprised that it’s aml after all this time. The internet would have me believe that left untreated, it...
My 11 year old daughter has recently been diagnosed with AML with T8,T21 mutation with loss of X chromosome. She has already had first course and second biopsy and been told they could not see any leukaemia cells but we are still awaiting MRD results...
