Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) Support Group
Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), also known as acute myeloid leukemia, is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells. Patients with AML usually present with symptoms such as fatigue, bleeding, infection, prompting medical attention. An abnormal blood test reading will then result in further testing in a hospital with a hematologist to determine AML.
Sorry that he has had so many complications, none of this is easy by any means. I pray for you both every day. Hope it goes well from here on out and he gets out on the 16th.
Dave J.
As Lou stated, she has missed a good bit of what I have read in other posts on here and I am very thankful for that. Hopefully, your journey will be like others on here and be quicker than my sister's has been. I have read several posts where things went really smoothly and with a lowered dose of chemo this round, I hope hers will improve also.
Good luck and I hope your fiance begins to improve enough to go home on the 16th. I know how much my sister wanted to get home. My prayers are with you.
We were explained the following why by the foundation social worker. Day one starts with the Chemo - Day 7... about day 10 you should have bottomed out and have 0 neutrophils and low platelets and Hb, basically as you are not producing anything,
Between say day 10-20 nothing happens, just bloods / platelets and keeping yourself away from everyone and everything as you are at a low immune system time.
From about day 20 your numbers will come back up and once the neutrophils are above 1 my mum could go home. This could take you from day 20-28 (or much longer)
Our personally situation was the numbers started to rise about ay 16 and by day 20 she was able to go home to recover for 2 weeks and then come back for the next round.... which I think it was say day 18 and home day 22 ish
Hope that helps a little :)
xx