I just finished reading your blog and it brought me to tears as so many of your symptoms sounded so familiar. On Oct.23,2009 my husband was also diagnosed with AML. He had many of the same symptoms, the fatique, the red spots, sores in his mouth and especially the night sweats. At that time the H1N1 was in full force. I took him to the hospital thinking he had the swine flu. Next thing we know he is spending the next 45 days in the hospital. He started his induction round of chemo just 2 days after admission. He did not get into remission the 1st time so he had to do a re-induction. Then 4 months of consolidation while looking for a donor for his stem cell transplant. He came from a very large family but none were a match due to him having the FLT3 mutation. We had to then look at the donor registry. Finally a match was found. Although, not a perfect match we had to go with it. We had to move to Seattle for 5 months while going through the conditioning, the transplant and the after care of his transplant. He is almost 6 months post transplant now. While still battling some complications from GVHD he is alive and still fighting everyday.
Teri, Thank you for your comment, what a battle you and your husband are fighting! Keep fighting for each other, one day at a time. You are both in my prayers.
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I just finished reading your blog and it brought me to tears as so many of your symptoms sounded so familiar. On Oct.23,2009 my husband was also diagnosed with AML. He had many of the same symptoms, the fatique, the red spots, sores in his mouth and especially the night sweats. At that time the H1N1 was in full force. I took him to the hospital thinking he had the swine flu. Next thing we know he is spending the next 45 days in the hospital. He started his induction round of chemo just 2 days after admission. He did not get into remission the 1st time so he had to do a re-induction. Then 4 months of consolidation while looking for a donor for his stem cell transplant. He came from a very large family but none were a match due to him having the FLT3 mutation. We had to then look at the donor registry. Finally a match was found. Although, not a perfect match we had to go with it. We had to move to Seattle for 5 months while going through the conditioning, the transplant and the after care of his transplant. He is almost 6 months post transplant now. While still battling some complications from GVHD he is alive and still fighting everyday.
Teri,
Thank you for your comment, what a battle you and your husband are fighting! Keep fighting for each other, one day at a time. You are both in my prayers.
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