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Stem Cell donor issue
Has anyone heard of a donor not being able to make enough stem cells to harvest? My sister is a perfect match but she went to donate and on three different days she did not produce enough to even hook her up. I never even thought of the possibility. They sent her home and it sounds like my Doctor will be looking for an unrelated match.
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Did they give her Neulasta? My brother, my donor, received numerous neulasta shots before harvest. I think maybe 2x per day for 5 days. Not sure exactly because I was on chemo and out of it at that time. The neulasta is suppose to increase your WBC thus increasing your stem cells that linger with the WBC.
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Andrya D., mother to Kellan (3/22/2011) Severe Aplastic Anemia (12/2010); MDS (7/2011); PNH (7/2011); BMT (7/27/2011) www.andrya-survivingaplasticanemia.blogspot.com |
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Andrya D.,
Yes, she got shots for five days prior and the tried a sixth day. She is 65yoa, maybe that has something to do with it? I just never even gave that a thought. I never read about anyone having this issue. Scott |
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Stem cells
My hubby did an auto about 3 years ago . . . at 67 . . . 5-6 days of neupogen/neulasta and then 6-7 days of collecting to get enough stem cells. There were several others going through it at the same time including a young man in his 20s . . . he collected enough stem cells on his first day. And there was another man . . . probably 60s . . . who had tried for auto sometime earlier and couldn't produce enough stem cells and was back with a donor. I met a woman recently who got something like 10x the amount of stem cells she needed on her first day and had the excess frozen . . . for herself later if needed or perhaps as a donor for someone else. Age could certainly have something to do with it, and it could also be just one of the differences among us.
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hubby 73, dx NHL 2001, CNS involvement. SCT (auto) 5/08 [dx UTUC renal pelvis, 2010/surgeries/MMC], MANY recurrences, chemos, surgeries, rad. dx t-MDS 3/11: IPSS 1.5 (Int-2); MDA 11, RCMD trilineage, inc. Fe, ring sideroblasts, 7q del/mono 7 (51.5%), 46,XY,t(6,17)(p22;q25)[4]/45,XY,-7[4]/46,XY[12]. |
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