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Well, the thing is I don't really have AA and I don't really have PRCA. He thinks my immune system got "miseducated" along the way. I do have stem cells, but not in large quantities. But they did test and they did find some.
From my understanding of it, the chemo gets rid of the miseducated parts of the immune system, and the ASCT replaces everything - hopefully without the whatever immune attack is going on. From what I understand about that, T cells are producing cytokines in the bone marrow, which is suppressing blood production.
What is causing THAT seems to be a mystery, that nobody can explain. I agree that it could be viral / bacterial stuff going on that they can't see or measure, that is just causing my immune system to go out of whack.
He said ASCTs are more successful when you don't have cancer / clones, because if the stem cells are normal, you don't have a chance of faulty stem cells taking over.
Deb
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