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My doctor, chair of the bone marrow transplant department at Johns Hopkins, said pets are no problem as long as someone else takes care of litter boxes and poop scooping.
I agree with you, Neil - if the doc said no pets for a year, I'd probably get another opinon first but ultimately get the bmt, keep the pet, and ignore the doctor's advice.
I visited my cats at home after I was released from the hospital. They weren't allowed in my temporary housing near the hospital. After 60 days when I came home, they were with me all the time except I didn't let them sleep with me for another couple of months. I had no problems.
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Karen, age 62, dx MDS RAEB-2 1/8/10: pancytopenia WBC 2.7k/Hgb 7.4/Hct 22.1/Plt 19k; complex cytogenetics -3,del(5)(q14q33),-6,+8,+mar,17% blasts. MUD BMT Johns Hopkins 11/30/10. Dx tongue cancer 8/31/12. ok now. blog mausmarrow.com
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