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Does the Doctor know something you don't know?
Hi Lynn,
I had horse ATG back in Dec 2006, but no serum sickness. I think that was because of the Prednisone they gave me (although maybe some patients still have serum sickness despite it, I don't know).
My hemotologist told me a few days after the last ATG that my prognosis was good because my white blood cells were responding.
Perhaps your doctor is basing his suggestion of the BMT on some early indicators of your response to the ATG treatment? Maybe he thinks that the second round will not be helpful?
I had 5 days of ATG, followed by 21 days of confinement in the hospital, getting transfusions, mostly platelets because the ATG tends to wipe them out, as I understood it. Once I got out, I did not need platelet transfusions again until my relapse 9 months later.
My doctor has been mad at me a couple of times. They're human. But it sure was not very nice...
You know the difference between God and doctors, right?
God knows He's not a doctor.
Hold fast!
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Male, 56, dx Nov2006 VSAA (BMA:0%). Responded to ATG/CsA/Prednisone/Neupogen Dec 2006, but relapsed in June 2007. Counts are responding to using CsA 200mg bid alone since Jun 2008. Last PRBC tx: Jul 2008.
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