AML Second Stem Cell Transplant

Days Three and Four

2026-04-01T17:34:13Z

Early Saturday morning , well midnight Friday I woke with severe stomach pains, this was due to constipation and no way can you sleep through it. Chemotherapy either gives you the runs or the opposite there never seems to be a middle road! I used the...(read more)

Admission and first couple of days

2026-03-30T14:31:06Z

I was required to come into the Clinic for a pre admission Blood test early on 24th March followed by insertion of a Hickman line later that morning in the Vascular Clinic. This was not something I was looking forward to as two years ago the pr...(read more)

Lead up to Second Transplant

2026-03-30T13:59:03Z

One drawback of this Chemo treatment was cost, the NHS will only allow Venetoclax to be used free for a first transplant with any further treatments to be paid for and it not a small amount (details can be found in the NICE guidelines for medicine co...(read more)

First Transplant Recovery and Failure

2026-03-30T09:16:38Z

After my first transplant I was discharged earlier than I thought I would be on June 7th 2024, it was good to be home but unnerving as it felt that I was no longer in the safe enviroment of the hospital and access to all the expertise I had experienc...(read more)

Chemotherapy and slow recovery.

2026-03-29T15:27:41Z

From September onwards I was on 5/2 Chemotherapy (five days on two off and two back on) Azacitdine and 14 days Venetoclax running together with then two weeks rest then another round of chemo to be repeated for the next few months. I was also recover...(read more)

Background to my story

2026-03-29T09:22:15Z

Hi, my name is Alan and I would like to share my AML story including two stem cell transplants so that others might find out some information to help on their Cancer journey. I will be writing this in almost real time as I am just starting my s...(read more)