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Old Mon Nov 28, 2016, 01:35 PM
Neil Cuadra Neil Cuadra is offline
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Jackson,

My wife was diagnosed with aplastic anemia, treated for it with ATG, re-diagnosed 2 years later with MDS, and had a matched-unrelated-donor bone marrow transplant in California. She's now many years past transplant and doing great.

When patients and their families have to make a decision about whether to undergo a transplant to try to cure the disease, hearing and seeing what it was like for someone else can be really helpful. They have to keep in mind, of course, that every experience is different and outcomes can be better or worse.

There's also a lot of variation in hospital transplant protocols from one institution to another. It's risky no matter what, but the good news is that each year the transplant prep and followup procedures have made it safer for patients than in the past.

I think there's more to transplant success than the medical side, and that a patient's optimism and determination to get better play a big role as well. It helps them ride the inevitable ups and downs. How wonderful that your girlfriend has that spirit and energy to help you get through this.
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