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The doctor told me the immune system was "educated" improperly to attack your own cells. In my case there's no clones I guess, just improperly activated T cells. I guess they are part of the adaptive immune system, so it is very unlikely the same thing would happen again. That's also probably why you need to get re-vaccinated. I guess it wipes out the memory cells, whatever they are.
Greg - the doctor also told me about the trials with Campath and that they didn't have the results yet but should very soon. He thought that since I didn't respond so well to ATG there'd be no point trying Campath.
My feeling is after what I went through this summer, I need a break from all the treatment for awhile to recover physically and mentally!
Deb
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