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Well the nice thing is that if you are able to hold on, the odds just keep getting better and better as advanced are made in BMTs and more and more people join the bone marrow registries. My nurse specialist was just telling me yesterday that only ten years ago, they thought that 30 was really pretty old to be doing them and they'd never, ever do a second BMT if the first one failed. These days plenty of 50-60-70 year olds get BMTS and I know a lady at my hospital who's finally had her fifth(!!!) BMT be a success! So if you don't urgently need one now, I know it feels horrible to have this disease looming over you, but there can still be a positive side to all this!
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36/F - 1984 SAA treated with ATG [complete remission until] Oct 08 - burst blood vessels in eyes and low platelets; Jan 09 - AA & hypo-MDS; July 09 - BMT (RIC MUD PSCT) July 10 - 10k for Anthony Nolan (1yr post BMT! 53:48) Sep 10 - Wedding!  I've run 5 marathons now!! (PB 3:30!)
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