[revchris5802]

The stem cell transplant is the preferred method these days. I doubt that it would not be allowed for your disease. Bone marrow/Stem cell transplant is the only cure. Chemo is just about maintenance.

Before receiving the bone marrow or stem cells, you have high dose chemotherapy and possible total body irradiation depending on the recommended regimen for your disease. After the nadir is past, then the stem cells are infused and you are supported by antibiotics and blood products until your new bone marrow takes hold. It's truly a miraculous thing to see patients emerge from their room when their counts start to come back.

It's been a while since I've worked on the BMT unit, but that was the general procedure then.