Greetings All, A family member was diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia last year. Doctors have tried several different medications and nothing has increased her counts. She has been going for blood transfusions almost twice a week. Some doctors didn’t think a BMT was viable considering her age, 70. Her newest doctor is recommending it and they are looking for a match. The Dr said that BMT technology has been advancing and that she would be on the “frontier” of that technology.
Older online articles mention age limits around 50. Newer articles seem to be more open to BMTs on older patients using mini transplants. Looking through this forum I saw some posts with people in their 70s getting transplants but they didn’t specify which type.
I’m posting here hoping to gain some info on older patients receiving an allogeneic BMTs as we’re still deciding on whether or not to go through with it. Do you think 70 is too old? What has recovery/success rates been like for people of this age? Any thoughts or info on this would be much appreciated. Thank you
