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Janire,
If you'll have a match for transplant then you'll need to stay healthy enough for the process to begin. Your counts don't have to be perfectly normal, just high enough to keep you out of danger, and it can't be helped if you need transfusions.
Remember that a transplant is the one real cure for aplastic anemia. You can't change the past but when you put all of your focus on a successful transplant you are headed directly toward the ultimate prize: putting the disease behind you and getting your life back. The doctors can tell you that no option is risk-free, but neither is driving a car or walking across the street.
Every transplant patient has a history that's less than perfect. Otherwise every patient would be 18 years old, have an identical twin sibling, never have had a transfusion, and have been diagnosed the previous day! With a good match for a transplant, you've got more going for you than people who are older, have more advanced diseases, and/or other health issues. I think you're going to do well.
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