I just saw this, Rebecca.  Just to answer your question, yes, it is protocol.  When you go through induction chemo it wipes out your immune system.  This mmakes you susceptible to infections so they put you on meds to help reduce that risk.

The only people I've ever known of to die during induction were people whose diseases were so advanced they were about to die anyway.  That doesn't sound like your boyfriend's situation at all.  Of course, people die in the recliner watching televsion.  But there's nothing about the treatment or disease that should pose an immediate risk.

Hope this helps.

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Sorry but I had to chuckle when you mentioned the hiccoughs.  I had them too but not just after the push.  They just wouldn't go away.  Now I remember them with humor.  But at the time they drove me to distraction.

I don't remember asking about meds for them but I think my doc would've given me something if they had them.  But that was nearly six years ago.  They might have something now.  It never hurts to ask the docs.

My doc mentioned a transplant in almost the same paragraph as she told me I had leukemia.  So from my experience it wasn't unusual.  However, my doc knew that my particular dx was going to lead to relapse and require a transplant.

Still, if you're talking about things like testing siblings, I do think that's a pretty common step with all AML patients.  I can't think what else they could be doing to prep for transplant at the moment.  So, I wouldn't worry much about that.

I know this forum is about treatment but it's not necessarily that well read.  If you'd ask these questions in the AML forum, you'd probably get more answer.

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