AML Treatments - Induction/Consolidations Vs. Insuction/Consolidations and Bone Marrow Transplant
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Hi I am a AML M5 survior, I was diagnosis in Dec of 2004. I went through Induction and Consolidation first round was 45 days straight through Christmas and New Years. Back home for a few weeks and then back into the hospital for another round. After my second round I developed sweets syndrome and a pulmonary embolism so the doctors told me that my body needed to recover. I was also in remisson. From April of 2005 through March of 2006. MY leukemia returned in March of 2006. The doctors put me back in the hospital at that time and referred me to the transplant team. In May of 2006 I had my first stem cell transplant, and again in August of 2006. I am currently free of my leukemia going on 5 yrs on August 8 of this year 20ll. Everything you are saying about the blood cells is true. She will develope fevers and chills. Somedays she will be so fatigued she won't want to get out of bed. but she needs to. If and when the Drs. decided they want to do a transplant she needs to be walking a mile a day. God Bless and my prayers are with you and your family.0 -
Hi,
Here is a few thoughts on the whole Induction, Consolidation and Transplant issues.
As you know there are different types of AML and the treatment plans are different depending of which type your wife has.
So Induction is the first treatment for a patient to get them into remission. For some patients the first Induction chemotherapy does not get them into remission so the Induction therapy needs to be repeated.
Consolidation or intensification therapy. This chemotherapy is after the patient is in remission and may use different drugs that are designed to kill AML cells that remain after successful induction therapy / remission.
Stem cell transplantation/bone marrow transplantation
A stem cell transplant is a procedure in which the bone marrow is replaced.
Today the procedure is usually called a stem cell transplantation. Because the blood stem cells are what is being transplanted and not actual bone marrow.
There are two types of stem cell transplantation.
1. Allogeneic, (Allo) meaning the stem cells are taken from another person.
2. Autologous, (Auto) meaning the stem cells are from the patient and are harvested from the patient during a remission.
The doctors will talk with you about the risks of this treatment and consider several other factors, such as the type of cancer, results of any previous treatment, and patient’s age and general health.
So there is lots to consider.
I would ask the doctor if Stem Cell Transplantation is a possibility for your wife and when they would consider Transplant as a treatment option.
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Thank you for your email.honeybea said:AML
Hi I am a AML M5 survior, I was diagnosis in Dec of 2004. I went through Induction and Consolidation first round was 45 days straight through Christmas and New Years. Back home for a few weeks and then back into the hospital for another round. After my second round I developed sweets syndrome and a pulmonary embolism so the doctors told me that my body needed to recover. I was also in remisson. From April of 2005 through March of 2006. MY leukemia returned in March of 2006. The doctors put me back in the hospital at that time and referred me to the transplant team. In May of 2006 I had my first stem cell transplant, and again in August of 2006. I am currently free of my leukemia going on 5 yrs on August 8 of this year 20ll. Everything you are saying about the blood cells is true. She will develope fevers and chills. Somedays she will be so fatigued she won't want to get out of bed. but she needs to. If and when the Drs. decided they want to do a transplant she needs to be walking a mile a day. God Bless and my prayers are with you and your family.
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Thank you for your email.honeybea said:AML
Hi I am a AML M5 survior, I was diagnosis in Dec of 2004. I went through Induction and Consolidation first round was 45 days straight through Christmas and New Years. Back home for a few weeks and then back into the hospital for another round. After my second round I developed sweets syndrome and a pulmonary embolism so the doctors told me that my body needed to recover. I was also in remisson. From April of 2005 through March of 2006. MY leukemia returned in March of 2006. The doctors put me back in the hospital at that time and referred me to the transplant team. In May of 2006 I had my first stem cell transplant, and again in August of 2006. I am currently free of my leukemia going on 5 yrs on August 8 of this year 20ll. Everything you are saying about the blood cells is true. She will develope fevers and chills. Somedays she will be so fatigued she won't want to get out of bed. but she needs to. If and when the Drs. decided they want to do a transplant she needs to be walking a mile a day. God Bless and my prayers are with you and your family.
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Thank you for your email.honeybea said:AML
Hi I am a AML M5 survior, I was diagnosis in Dec of 2004. I went through Induction and Consolidation first round was 45 days straight through Christmas and New Years. Back home for a few weeks and then back into the hospital for another round. After my second round I developed sweets syndrome and a pulmonary embolism so the doctors told me that my body needed to recover. I was also in remisson. From April of 2005 through March of 2006. MY leukemia returned in March of 2006. The doctors put me back in the hospital at that time and referred me to the transplant team. In May of 2006 I had my first stem cell transplant, and again in August of 2006. I am currently free of my leukemia going on 5 yrs on August 8 of this year 20ll. Everything you are saying about the blood cells is true. She will develope fevers and chills. Somedays she will be so fatigued she won't want to get out of bed. but she needs to. If and when the Drs. decided they want to do a transplant she needs to be walking a mile a day. God Bless and my prayers are with you and your family.
Thank you for your email.0
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