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- From: sdavis@khan.ColoSpgs.NCR.COM (Susan Davis)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Leukemia and Pregnancy
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- Date: 21 Dec 92 22:32:07 GMT
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- Reply-To: sdavis@khan.ColoSpgs.NCR.COM (Susan Davis)
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- A very close friend of mine in expecting in late April (11 days before me!!)
- I just received a Christmas card from her and it seems that she was told last
- week that she has Leukemia.
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- Her routine blood tests (during early pregnancy) showed some abnormalities
- and further tests confirmed the diagnosis.
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- I talked briefly with her husband (she was not home) and they are optimistic
- at this point. The consider her pregnancy a blessing (miracle) because
- otherwise, she was told that she may not have been diagnosed for a few more
- years. Her prognosis is good because hers is "cronic myon... " CML and not
- acute at this point.
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- Because of her high platelet count, she may have to deliver at University
- hospital in Denver which has to tools needed to pre-store some of her blood
- and process to be retranfussed after delivery if needed.
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- Her siblings (she has 5) are all being tested as possible bone marrow donors.
- They expect to do a transplant in Seattle sometime after the baby is born.
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- Naturally I am concerned for her and her baby. Does anyone have info
- on cancer during pregnancy (and treatment). Can anyone tell me more about
- this type of Leukemia? How successful are bone marrow transplants assuming
- that a perfect match can be found?
-
- Thanks!
-
- -- Susan Davis
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