Meant to mention he was diagnosed june 4th with blast 15 % only

Volleymom,

Welcome, so sorry to read of your husband's dx; however, happy you found us. Also, pleased that he is chemo only. I was dxd at 48 with three young daughters; 8, 10 and 12 three and half years ago. November will mark the huge milestone of three years post chemo where, according to my med team, I will be deemed cured-by the grace of almighty God.

Along with intermediate risk, your husband has very low blast percent on his side. Normally, anything below 20% is considered MDS or CML but it seems you have an aggressive med team who caught this quick-very excellent. High blast % at DX is another contributor to poor prognosis. Mine was relative low as well-low 30s.

You have every reason to be optimistic, AML is curable, your husband achieved remission from one induction (not always the case), based on the timeline provided he seems to be sailing through consolidation (also not always the case). I took twice as long due to ubber slow platelet recovery.

If you have a faith in God, I highly recommend prayer from every source available. I will add your family to my family's prayer list. Also, I recommend limiting your internet searches especially on AML stats. Like many of us, your husband is much younger than the average age at DX 70s so the survival stats are very skewed. The only stat that matters is yours.

Please read this amazing article on cancer stats-
http://cancerguide.org/median_not_msg.html

As far as juicing, I am assuming hubby is on a low microbial diet meaning no fresh fruits and vegetables due to compromised immune system. Before you add any of these I would check with his ONC. Once I finished chemo, I began and continue to this day drinking a green smoothie everyday. 3/4 container of organic baby kale, chi seeds, flax seeds, blueberries, mangos ect. I also drink a high impact juice drink called galaxy everyday. In addition I swear by curcumin supplements. I have provided a link with tons of curcumin info from the lymphoma leukemia society support group below;


http://community.lls.org/topic/15679-curcumin-for-aml/?hl=curcumin

My quality of life is outstanding post AML. I teleworked during chemo. After treatment, I went back to work full time plus I teach masters classes in the evenings. I have traveled extensively with great success. There is life after AML, I promise.

Praying for you
Blessings,
Julie

Also, Have your husband's vit D levels checks. This is an indicator or cancer risks. I keep mine high normal 60ish. Supplement with d3 and k for absorption.

Hi Volleymom, welcome to the group of which no one really wants to be a part. Julie is absolutely correct in saying be thankful that your husband's treatment is progressing so quickly. My sister is going on 2 1/2 years of chemo at the present with 5 more treatments to go so, probably, 3 years total due to "ubber slow platelet recover" as Julie says. You guys seem like you are heading in the right direction. Prayers are with you that things continue to go smoothly.

Debbie

Volleymom,
I haven't been on this site in a while, I'm glad i checked in today. My husband was diagnosed the day before his 39th birthday. He had M5 normal cytogenetics, NPM1+ and FLT3-TKD+ intermediate risk. His AML team wanted to do a sibling transplant but his did not match. Started the process of finding an unrelated donor (they found over 60 matches) but then they decided to hold off and do chemo only (4 consolidations) and wait and see if he relapsed. He finished his entire treatment in 5 months. He had 85% blast at diagnosis and 2-3% after his induction. He was responding so well to the chemo then docs didn't feel like it was worth the risk of a BMT in his case. Now for the part you want to hear......This was 4 years ago and he is still in remission! He is like Julie and feeling great post AML. Sorry you are having to go through this nightmare......but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
:) The other Julie

Noodle65 thank you so much for your response I am so happy I found this support group because it makes it very hard for me due to the fact that my Husband wants to be a little private about it. our family know about it but he really doesn't want to many people to know however I have to respect his wishes but atleast I am able to have some kind of support in this room along with the national leukemia society. All the information you have given me and links are great I am looking forward to reading everything. I was never familiar with Leukemia we always sent donationas to Saint Judes and most kids have leukemia and different blood cancers that was the only time I was familiar with it but now unfortunately that my husband has it I had no choice but to read and know what questions to ask etc. Its great to find others who are doing well. Please can you put him in prayers thank you his name is Diogenes but we all call him Dodge like the car. He just finished his second round of consolidation and has 2 more to go. He has developed gaunt on an off sometimes but its a side effect sometimes from chemo. he is doing well now. Thanks for telling me about the juicing I think I will hold off for now until his numbers go back up. We always pray and continue to pray for his healing. thanks so much for responding


Blessing to you and your family

@Cajungirl2015 Thanks for welcoming me this support will help me and my family. I am so happy to hear that your sister is doing well with just chemo alone being that she was m5 and flt3 positive they usually do bmt but since she did so well with the chemo they decided not to do bmt that was a good call since she is doing so well. blessings to your sister and family . Why does she continue to get chemo does she still have blast cells? how often does she get chemo? thanks you again for your response lets me know there is hope without bmt and just chemo

sorry some of the message was meant for vacone