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The short of it is BK is a virus that we all have. But with BMT patients the imuno suppressant drugs keep you from fighting it. From research I have seen that about half of BMT patients come down with it, but at an early time after transpant.
So to counteract it they have to lower your imuno suppressant drugs so that your body can fight it. But the problem is that those same drugs also keep your body from rejecting your bone marrow. It basically is effecting my kidneys and bladder, is like a UTI times ten. You pass a lot of blood and clots in your urine. I have a catheter to help clear it up as well as lowering my drugs to make sure I can fight it with my immune system... I will hit day 80 tomorrow... So I will be celebrating in the same room I had my tansplant in... Is there any irony in that???
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Cam, BMT 12/6/12 for MDS, diagnosed August 2012 beat it in December 2012
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