[Peachy]

Thank you Rar for all the info. We visited with a Dr. Bierman last year, when my husband where they decided he was not eligible for a BMT, which you are probably correct is really a SCT.

After we hear on the trials we are to see Dr. Gutman as well.

We have already experienced the 0.1 WBC's and below 11 platelets when he went through Induction/Consolidation chemo and kidney failure - so I know how scarey it is.

Not surprising about the billing. Sometimes I think that many hospitals over bill Medicare to get what they can and maybe get somewhere in the neighborhood of getting expenses back. Am thankful my husband is on Medicare.

My brother had a liver transplant at UC in 2009 and I don't think charged nearly as much. He was covered with private insurance. I do know that private insurance covers more of the actual cost than medicare, thus charging more. That is entirely a different subject.

Thanks for helping me through this process. Waiting axiously for results of BMB. I actually witnessed the BMB for the first time - that was an experience. Peachy