John,
You are a brave man, and I'm very glad you've decided to fight. Your courage gives inspiration to many others. You're a soldier now, fighting for not just yourself, but for all of us in the war against blood disease.
If not for the brave souls willing to go in against the odds, SCT/BMT would not even exist.
I recall reading about one of the world's longest post-BMT survivors, a young kid with aplastic anemia transplanted around 1975. At the time they put his odds of survival at 5%. But he made it, and last I heard he's now a middle aged-man, healthy and going strong:
http://quest.fhcrc.org/articles/2001...ectations.html
Thank you!
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Kevin, male age 45; dx SAA 02/2012 - Hgb 5.8, platelets 14, ANC 200, 1% cellularity. Received ATG 03/2012. As of 03/2015, significant improvement - Hgb 15, platelets 158, ANC fluctuates around 1000, Lymphocytes 620. Tapering cyclosporine. BMB 20-30% cellularity.
Last edited by KMac : Mon Dec 15, 2014 at 04:25 PM.
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