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General Hospital<\/em><\/a> star John J. York is opening up to fans about her recent diagnoses and his ongoing health battles.<\/span><\/p>\n York took to X(Twitter) on Wednesday <\/span>to explain what he’s been struggling with<\/a> since late last year.<\/span><\/p>\n “Last December, of ’22, I was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, and [Smoldering Multiple Myeloma], two blood and bone marrow disorders,” York shared. “Over the past many months, I’ve had three bone marrow biopsies, many chemo treatments — I have another one coming up in a couple of weeks — and I am closing in on a blood stem cell transplant.”<\/span><\/p>\n According to <\/span>the National Cancer Institute<\/a>,\u00a0myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a type of cancer “in which immature blood cells in the bone marrow do not mature or become healthy blood cells.”<\/span><\/p>\n Additionally,\u00a0<\/span>Smoldering Multiple Myeloma is a<\/a> slow-growing form of\u00a0multiple myeloma, which is a form of cancer that affects plasma cells, causing them to overproduce one type of antibody.<\/span><\/p>\n