Just diagnosed with AML (Acute myelogenous Leukemia)
I have had low platelet counts for many years and on every annual it has been considered stable, however on my annual this year April 25, the platelet count had]dropped , and Dr.Pejic at Tulane City clinic urged me to go to a hermatologist , and i got time for June 30 2016, with a Dr Lessinger and during the visit it was s decided that i should have a bone marrow autopsy, on monday Dr Lessinger called me in the morning and recommended to visit Dr Helen Safah a leukemia speicalis, where there 930 on tuesday the 12 of July,
She told me to go home and pack as soon as possible for immediate treatment at Tulane Bone Marrow Clinic, rushed and they wanted me to go through a test program with a proven cholesterol drug, called Pravastatin before the standard leukemia treatment, however this drug was not available from the manufacturer Bristol Myers, before thursday 14th, so i checked into the clinic that morning, did all preparation and the administration of the drug could not start before Friday, ( Neew to take 4 x4 pills 80 milligram within a 2 hour period for 4 days, before the ordinary chemo drug Cytarabine and Idarubicin can be administered, I am now in this treatment and the chemo will start Monday the 18th,
Chemo treatment
I have had low platelet counts for many years and on every annual it has been considered stable, however on my annual this year April 25, the platelet count had]dropped , and Dr.Pejic at Tulane City clinic urged me to go to a hermatologist , and i got time for June 30 2016, with a Dr Lessinger and during the visit it was s decided that i should have a bone marrow autopsy, on monday Dr Lessinger called me in the morning and recommended to visit Dr Helen Safah a leukemia speicalis, where there 930 on tuesday the 12 of July,
She told me to go home and pack as soon as possible for immediate treatment at Tulane Bone Marrow Clinic, rushed and they wanted me to go through a test program with a proven cholesterol drug, called Pravastatin before the standard leukemia treatment, however this drug was not available from the manufacturer Bristol Myers, before thursday 14th, so i checked into the clinic that morning, did all preparation and the administration of the drug could not start before Friday, ( Neew to take 4 x4 pills 80 milligram within a 2 hour period for 4 days, before the ordinary chemo drug Cytarabine and Idarubicin can be administered, I am now in this treatment and the chemo will start Monday the 18th,
Chemo treatment
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