still needing RB transfusions 6 months post transplant
Hello everyone,
I had a stem cell transplant/sister donor/reduced conditioning 6 months ago. I also had breast cancer chemo and radiation 20 years ago..
I am feeling very well overall with not great but steady WBCs 4ish, platelets (80) and ANCs (2.5)... but my marrow is hypocellular (5-15 per cent), and my RBCs are not enough to be transfusion independent. Every 12-14 days, I get a unit.
Drs. think I have damaged stromal cells and low cellularity causing the RBC and hemoglobin issue.. everything else looks normal on biopsy (100 % chimerism, normal kyrotype etc.). (Also my sister and I were different blood types).
Docs want to give it time.. anyone else have these issues with cellularity and stromal cells? Did you heal over time or get a med intervention?
Appreciate your inout-- and how informed people are generally on this forum.
Rebecca
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