MS & Lukemia

[Porkette]

Hi Folks,

I usually post on the epilepsy page but I was wondering if I could get some info. from you. I was wondering if lukemia or the treatment for lukemia could cause MS. I have a friend that has had lukemia for 3 yrs. now
and has had to have a lot of treatment and surgery and I just found out today that my friend now has MS on top of lukemia. I had an aunt who had MS but she got it from her family genes. Is there a possibility that MS
could come from cancer treatments? I thank you for your time and help. May God Bless All of You!

Sue

[stillstANNding]

Hi Sue,

Sorry about your friend. There is no known cause or cure for MS. And even antidotally, I have never heard of leukemia causing or being associated w MS.

I suppose that some of the chemo treatments for MS might cause leukemia many years later but not the other way around.

Nice to meet you,
ANN

[Porkette]

Hi ANN,

Thank you for the info. I greatly appreciate it. I guess what's so hard about this is this friend of mine got lukemia in 5th grade and now my friend is in 7th grade and has MS. I work with my friend in public school
and I just wish I could do more to help. Thanks for your time and help. May God Bless You!

Sue

[agate]

Hi Sue,
It's a shame about your friend's two diagnoses. I agree with ANN though--nobody has figured out the cause of MS though they have a lot of theories.

[Porkette]

Hi agate,

Thank you for your time and support. I'm going to try to see if a Deep Brain Stimulator (DBS) will help my friend with MS and lukemia. The DBS helps kill the pain which I'm sure will help a little.
Thanks for your time and help. May God Bless You!

Sue