Jeffrey: We are all a little different, but about a month into treatment my RBC and Hemoglobin rose to near normal. That was great news for me because it was low before treatment and I was not looking forward to transfusions. Plus,I felt terrible. Now levels are normal for RBC and HG. The Revlimid does affect my platelets and neutrophils which were very low on the initial 10mg dose. I had to wait about 6 weeks for the values to come back up. Then I started round 2 at 5mg. The 5mg dose is starting to impact platelets and neutrophils again. Now we are trying a two week break versus a 1 week break. I have been on the med about a year. I feel fortunate that there is a drug that works so well for del 5Q.
Janet
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