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Hey man, I am in a very similar situation as you so you are not alone. I was 22 finishing school and working full time when I was diagnosed with SAA in December of 2013. I had atg in December and I have been on Cyclosporine ever since. My counts were very low for almost 4 months when we decided to move forward a bone marrow transplant from an unrelated donor. Only a few days before I was supposed to have all the tests done my lab results showed their first sign of improvement without transfusion. My doctor decided to hold off on the transpant to see if my counts continued to rise and they did. Six months later I am just below normal counts and back in school. Just stay positive the first few months can be very stressful and frankly boring, but once your counts start to rise its like a weights been lifted off your shoulder.
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Marc age 23; diagnosed SAA Dec. 2013; ATG Dec. 2013; currenly on cyclosporine; 9/25/14 hemoglobin 12.5, platelets 127, WBC 3.3
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