Leukemia

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Hello... I jsut found out today that it is very very possible that I have leukemia... I am going into the hospital tomorrow to get a bone marrow sample or something, and I guess this will tell for sure if I have it or not. The doctor took some blood today and looked at it through a microscope, and I guess he saw a "blast" in the blood, which shouldn't ever been in blood, but only in the marrow. This is extremely hard for me to grasp, even as im writing this I don't belief it... The worst thing that has ever happened to me before this was a broken arm, I have never been in a hospital except to see other people, but now I might be spending a lot of time there. The doc said he thinks it is still early, as in, they caught it early, which is a good thing, and should be easier to treat, but they still won't know anything until after the test results come in (5 to 7 days). Anyone else here with leukemia? Right now im alone, none of my friends or family has ever experience this... I am getting great support from them, my parents are even flying home after literally JUST landing in michigan (im in arizona). My girlfriend is coming to the hospital tomorrow also (if you read in the sexuality forums ever, I have posted there about us) which makes me feel really good. Anyways... I just felt like getting it out of my system that this is going on, even though I haven't fulling grasped the idea myself.

I've spent a lot of time in many different hosptials. The nurses are some of the nicest people you can meet. Show them kindness and they'll show twice as much back. I'm not sure if you're religious or anything, but I'll pray for you. Best wishes.

I'll be praying too. Leukaemia used to kill a lot of young people, but the cure rates now for most of the types of leukaemia that affect young people are now much better.

So what happened...I see you've been browsing the forums on and off today.

I was gonna wait until tuesday when I got the results of the bone marrow test. But I guess I can tell you what the doctor THINKS it is now. He thinks it's MDS (myelodysplastic syndrome) which is pre-leukemia. If this is what it is, then I will need a bone marrow transplant... which will really really suck. MDS is mainly found in people over 60 or something... im only 21, so that sucks as well. I will update as I find out more.