Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Questions

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Hi everyone,

I've lurked around this group for a while but have found it difficult

to find much information on AML. My history is this:

I was diagnosed 2001, had 4 rounds of chemo but relapsed the following

year which lead me to have an allogenic bone marrow transplant after

an induction round of chemo. I relapsed again at the end of 2005 and I

had another allo BMT, then relapsed again in early 2007 where I had

an induction round of chemo to prepare for my THIRD BMT. I didnt end

up having the BMT but after relapsing again later on in 2007 I was

again induced and at the beginning of last month I had the BMT, this

time from an unrelated donor (the others were from my sister). Things

went well but there was always a high risk of my relapsing, which it

looks like has happened. I have always responded well to chemo, and

after something like 11 or 12 cycles it has never not worked, though

it must be said that I always did relapse sooner or later. At this

stage, apart from the fact that things just don't seem to be working

I'm really fed up with chemotherapy and hospitals.. and was wondering

if anyone could suggest any other approaches that may be helpful. I

understand that AML is a pretty bad disease but I also find it pretty

hard to believe that there's nothing that can help, or even cure it.

Thank you so much for your time.

Regards,

Jordan

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Marie

" jordan.sugars " wrote:

>I've lurked around this group for a while but have found it

difficult to find much information on AML. My history is this:

> I was diagnosed 2001, had 4 rounds of chemo but relapsed the

following year which lead me to have an allogenic bone marrow transplant after

an induction round of chemo. I relapsed again at the end of 2005 and I had

another allo BMT, then relapsed again in early 2007 where I had an induction

round of chemo to prepare for my THIRD BMT. I didnt end up having the BMT but

after relapsing again later on in 2007 I was again induced and at the beginning

of last month I had the BMT, this time from an unrelated donor (the others were

from my sister). Things went well but there was always a high risk of my

relapsing, which it looks like has happened. I have always responded well to

chemo, and after something like 11 or 12 cycles it has never not worked, though

it must be said that I always did relapse sooner or later. At this stage, apart

from the fact that things just don't seem to be working I'm really fed up with

chemotherapy and hospitals.. and was wondering if anyone could suggest any other

approaches that may be helpful. I understand that AML is a pretty bad disease

but I also find it pretty hard to believe that there's nothing that can help, or

even cure it. Thank you so much for your time. Regards, Jordan

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