I was at Kings College hospital on wednesday 29th to talk to the BMT co-ordinater. She discussed everything about the harvesting and the transplant and I signed; the consent forms. I will be having chemo on the 10th november followed by 6 days of growth factor injections and the harvesting on the 20th and 21st.
Having thought I was going to be in hospital over Xmas for the transplant, I will now be going in January for it after having the vertibroplasty done in december. THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT! I can now look forward to xmas with my family at home.
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That's great news. We'll be in over Christmas holiday but our decision to minimize impact on Dave's job. The kids will be coming to us for Christmas so it will be nice. Thanks for the update and will be thinking about you for it all to go well.
I think we're three months ahead of you almost exactly, it all takes a long time when you've already had a lot of treatment. Just wanted to wish you well with all this, and hope the back op helps a lot. My man got all the harvesting done in one day as he produced loads of stem cells, but that might just be good luck - so I wish you good luck too for just before Christmas! The time in between harvest and transplant was lovely actually, with him feeling really well. I thought it was really helpful to have all the dates set too, although I knew they could change, it just helps to get your head round everything.
I hope to get all the harvesting done in one day aswell, but we will see what happens. I have to say that I am feeling really well at the moment and am back to driving which is great. I am making the most of now and hope to enjoy xmas before I go down again for several weeks. How is your husband now after the transplant and how did he cope with it?
Thanks for your reply and yes it will be nice having your children with you at xmas. I will let you know how I get in the next couple of weeks with the harvesting.
I've posted about my husband's stem cell transplant on the forums page under myeloma forum, as I think it's difficult to find things on this site sometimes, but the forums stay there for longer! He is still in, but his neutrophils are 0.3 which is progress and he actually feels quite well now, although weaker than usual, and it's only 16 days since the melphalan. It knocked him for six as the saying goes, but now his recovery seems to have speeded up and we are pleased that he now has chance of a longer remission.
