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Hello all. My dad (74 yo) has recently been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. We are awaiting the results of genetic testing to find the subtype of AML he has so that treatment can begin. He was feeling well beforehand with just some breathlessness...
My Great grandaughter who is 2 in a few months was diagnosed with ALM in the new year. I was devistated by her diagnosis but have to keep positive. The hospital she is in are are fantastic. She will be there for a long while yet. She has not been...
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Morning, My daughter, 25, was diagnosed with AML over xmas after a bout of heavy 'period' bleeding. She's just completed her 10 day Induction Chemo, and is now fighting a high temperature (around 40C) and infection somewhere... as of yesterday. ...
Diagnosed a couple of days ago and will find out tomorrow if they'll take me on for hospital chemo. I don't fancy the palliative option. In june although 71 I was working and hiking 10-12 miles. DIY, gardening. Now I'm a trainwreck. Losing weight. No...
Hi I was diagnosed with ALM Leukaemia with the FTL3 mutation days before Christmas 2023, was a total shock things moved very quickly started chemo 2 days later which had some weird n strange side effects. After a month I went home lasted 10 days before...
My husband was diagnosed with Myelodysplastic Syndrome in August 2022. The prognosis is terminal. Because of his age, treatment options were very limited. In recent months, the disease has progressed to Acute Myeloid Leukaemia, and the haematologist says...
I'm a married 43 year old father of 3 children that are 4 years and younger and have another baby on the way. I was diagnosed with AML on the 29th Dec 2023 with chemo to start on the 12th January any advice greatly received
Hi everyone, I'm new on here so please bare with me lol. First happy new year and I hope everyone is okay My mum was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia around 4 months ago and is currently receiving chemo. My mum wants to travel to barbados...
My dad had a bone marrow transplant in October, all went well and he has been at home recovering. However his recent bloods have shown his platelets are zero, his neutrophils are 0.1 and he is anaemic again. He had a biopsy today but won’t get the results...
