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  Posted: 02/09/2017

  VietVetDad commented on the discussion My dad, 66, was diagnosed with AML a week ago....

• Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
  

  My dad, 66, was diagnosed with AML a week ago...

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  Last Reply: worriedmom2014 02/15/2017

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  My father was exposed to agent orange while deployed with the army in Vietnam. This is what the doctors believe to be the cause of the MDS that went untreated apparently and became AML. His CBC has shown platete counts around 50K since April and he was assumed to have a low vitamin b sent home with a prescription for vitamin b by his VA primary. it wasnt until he had a routine colonoscopy that included and upper GI that they found MALT lymphoma. which by itself has a very low mortality rate...

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