Rachana's recovery from Leukemia
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Rachana was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia(AML) a type of blood cancer, on March 22nd 2016. Her treatment started at UT Southwestern's Clements Hospital in Dallas, Texas, on March 30th 2016. The treatment followed the CALGB 10403 plan which is a complicated routine of nearly weekly chemos for 8 months.
This blog has regular updates on Rachana's recovery to good health.
Rachana's recovery from Leukemia
5y ago
In the last post you read about the doctors giving us the A-OK signal that marked the end of her treatment. Well, it was not that easy.
On April 25th we got a call from Dr. Patel that the chromosome analysis of the Feb 19th bone marrow finally came in and it shows the presence of some extra chromosomes (bad sign) that match the same markers from the original diagnosis in March 2016. We had barely started the 5 year remission clock to be told that there were early signs of a relapse. She quickly added that sometimes it takes time for the disease to be fully eliminated after the end of all ..read more