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Bone Marrow Transplants for the over 60s
Hello
I am new to this forum but so glad to have found you. I am about to start the bone marrow transplant process. I had SARS for 8 years and last month it evolved into MDS. I am in London at the Royal Free Hospital and under the care of two great docs, Prof A Mehta and Prof S McKinnon. From what I have read, the transplant process risks increase as the patient ages. At 61 I am still eligible for RIC-allo, but I am wondering if anyone over 60 would share with me how the process was for them, even with reduced conditioning. I am a freelance management consultant and I am especially concerned about how long I will be unable to work. When will I have to stop working and for how long? But any shared experience would be great. Many Thanks Sally |
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Hi Sally.
Oh it's nice to see more Londoners on here! ![]() melissa
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36/F - 1984 SAA treated with ATG [complete remission until] Oct 08 - burst blood vessels in eyes and low platelets; Jan 09 - AA & hypo-MDS; July 09 - BMT (RIC MUD PSCT) July 10 - 10k for Anthony Nolan (1yr post BMT! 53:48) Sep 10 - Wedding! ![]() |
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Sally,
Having experienced doctors is one of the keys to transplant success, so you're off to a good start. If you have been in good overall health other than the SARS and MDS, that's another positive factor. Do you have a matched sibling donor? Because they skip the chemo, patients who have mini-transplants can recover faster than those who undergo full transplants, but recovery time varies widely, as Melissa says. I haven't seen any statistics on how many weeks or months is typical. Depending on what you normally do day-to-day as a management consultant, you might want to arrange to give more phone-based or Internet-based assistance to your clients and rely less on in-person meetings, once you feel up to working at all. This will have two advantages: a more flexible schedule that lets you work only when you are able to, and a way to work with minimal exposure to possible sources of infection, namely people, since that's a primary concern after a transplant. Good luck! |
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