Thread: Keep me in mind
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Old 04-29-2012, 07:26 PM   #323
fezo
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Default Re: Keep me in mind

Well, I am now a month post-transplant and getting better every day. That couple of weeks after they do the chemo are hideous but it improves greatly after that.

What I had was a bone marrow stem cell with t cell depletion transplant. They gave me 7 million stem cells from the donor but nne of his t cells. The downside of this is it up to a year or even longer to build up a full set of t cells which run the immune system. The upside is it eliminates graft vs. host issues. I'm a clinical trial so this is new even for Sloan. I'm always that way medically....
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