View Single Post
  #21  
Old Sun Sep 8, 2013, 01:32 PM
dfantle dfantle is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: bellevue, wa
Posts: 150
Quote:
Originally Posted by Whizbang View Post
sbk007,

it appears that your donor must be the same blood type, and CMV type, as your blood cells, and the donor's blood cells must co-exist for a while... Dena's blood tested 80%/20% a short while after the 'mini' transplant...
(I'm inferring all this from reading Dena's past posts)...

Unfortunately my Brother, while a perfect 10/10 match is AB+, I'm B-...
Hi Whizbang, although your brother has a different blood type, my recollection is when a sibling match is available it is still much better to have a 10/10 sibling transplant than donor....
__________________
Dena
Age 54; DX Heavy Chain (AH) Amyloidosis 6/10; AutoSCT 3/11; Amyloidosis remission 6/11; DX SAA 7/11; Horse ATG 3/12; Mini MUD SCT 1/13; Recovered from SAA 5/13 & feeling great
Reply With Quote