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Phone within the US
1-(800)-637-0839Outside the US only
1-609-298-1035Address
The MDS Foundation
228 Park Ave S
PMB 118983
New York, NY
10003-1502
The MDS Foundation is a global nonprofit 501(c)(3) advocacy organization (EIN 22-3283911), supporting patients, families, and healthcare providers in the fields of MDS and related diseases for over 30 years.
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One Voice Inspires, Many Voices Transform
Patient
I now take 700mg quinine daily. Platelets dropping. At this dose, my plaelet count drops about 100 points a week [7 days]. I have to drop from 950 to 300. That'll take 6-7 weeks. Don't exceed the 700mg dose. Take the liquid tinture. Do your own research regarding quinine side effects.
Itching abating, red blotches disappering. No longer look like someone who fell into a poison ivy patch "nakit." ... quinine is the ticket.
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Patient
I was sent to a hemotologist because of routine blood tests showing low WBC and low platelets. Since then I have had a bone marrow biopsy and diagnosed with low risk MDS, bilineage cyopenia and blast…
Patient
I was diagnosed in December, 2022. After getting a second opinion (from Dr. Greenberg at Stanford who ordered another bone marrow test), I started chemo (decitabine) in February 2023 and have been ge…
Patient
Diagnosed in 8/25.
Just wondering about other people's journey through the process.
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