My husband had 4 consolidation rounds after his induction and it definitely took longer for his counts to recover each time. He was on a one month cycle too. It only took 5 months to complete all 5 rounds of chemo but each time his counts didn't come up as much or as quickly as the previous round. But they did recover enough to begin the next round each time. His platelets actually dropped by half (of what they were post treatment) two months after he ended treatment. It took close to a year for them to rise to 200 +/- a few and that is where they have stayed now. I think what you are experiencing is normal.

:) Julie

Yes, slow recovery of numbers is by far the most common subject here. The recovery time is quite variable even for the same person. No two people are the same and no two chemo rounds are the same either. One thing you can be sure of -- they will come back, and if it buys you an extra week before the next round, try to enjoy it -- do not be concerned. Please keep us up on how things go -- this is helping many other people. I had the same problem with my second consolidation treatment -- seemed like the numbers would never come back. One problem is that the med folks tend to give shorter recovery times than are realistic. It would be better if they added a couple weeks to it. My RBC and platelets have not gotten back to normal, but they are out of the range where I would be in danger. I am at 4.5 years.

Thanks -- dave

I had inversion 16 like you. After induction, my counts bounced back very fast with my platelets going above high normal-477. After my firstof for consolidation sessions my platelets took 72 days to get to 96. The parameter for chemo was 100 but after a bmb determined I was still in remission a was given a lowered dose. The next three sessions I took over 60+ days to get platelets in the 90s. I earned bmb between every session.

After my final chemo in Nov I was deemed in complete genetic remission and waited three months for my platelets to break 100. I sit at 120 with labs next week. My med team says they would rather see slow count recovery than counts that come back too soon and potential showing lowered affect on the marrow.

Cajun girls sister Jo also had inversion 16, is also being treated at mda and went over 80 between sessions. As Dave said, all experiences are different and unique. I mn praying that I remain in remission and that this recover soon. How high do they have to get et for chemo?


Julie

Based on my protocol, my platelets have to be at 60,000 and my ANC has to be above 1,000. After my blood work today, my platelets are starting to move upward again. Like you said, after induction my platelets soared up to 261,000, but usually average around 115,000 by the start of each treatment since then.