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Old Thu Nov 17, 2016, 12:50 PM
rar rar is offline
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I had a transplant from my sister at age 73. I was in hospital for about a week. Transplant went smoothly and I felt pretty good after a week. I spent 3 months near the hospital and went home. Two days after arriving home I was back in the hospital with graft vs. host for 2 months. I couldn't eat for 3 months. They told my wife to prepare for the worst that I probably was going to die. They didn't tell me so I defied the odds. Now 2.5 years after transplant I have regained my strength and am doing fairly well. I still have GVHD and have a team of specialists who are doing a good job of managing the symptoms of GVHD. My oncologist says I am doing very well and what they did was to trade a fatal cancer for a number of minor problems that can be controlled and that will be a lifetime struggle. I made the right choice in having the transplant.

Check with the social worker at the hospital for housing before and 3 months after transplant. I had 2 options. Brent's place, a private organization, provided us an apartment for the duration of my stay free of charge. The second option was the VA which provides free housing to veterans and their family with no limit of length of stay.

I was given the option of cord blood if a donor could not be found and was told the survival rate was comforbale to a MUD transplant. Fortunately I had 3 sisters who matched and 4 brothers who didn't.

Ray

Last edited by rar : Thu Nov 17, 2016 at 12:54 PM. Reason: add info
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