Myelodysplastic syndrome survivor: A stem cell transplant put me in remission
A routine physical exam in October 2015 changed my life.
Doctors were alarmed by my low white blood cell count and wanted to monitor it on a monthly basis. A few months later, blood tests showed a serious decline in red blood cells and platelets.
A bone marrow biopsy revealed a high percentage of the stem cells in my bone marrow were cancerous and unable to mature into healthy blood cells.
The diagnosis...