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Dear Margaret

It stands for Refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia (RCMD). It means that more than one of your types of blood cells ( red, white and platelets) is affected by Myelodysplasia - i.e. a funny shape. Depending on which ones are affected you could be:

anaemic (and fatigued)
and/or be prone to getting infections
and/or bleed/bruise easily.

If you go to the What is MDS? tab on this site and look at the MDS foundation material, there is a pdf file with lots of information.

Please ring Sophie Wintrich if you need any more information or ask your doctor or clinical nurse specialist at the hospital

Best wishes

Chris

Thank you Chris for the information, I will investigate further .
You are a star thank you again
Margret

Hi MargaretAnn,
Please do call us if you have questions - we are always happy to answer any of these questions.
That's what we are here for

Also - I will move your post to the correct folder (Comments and issues on MDS), as the folder you posted in is purely for Travel Insurance issues. This is just to help keep information clear and easy to find for everyone.

Hope to speak to you soon.
All the best,