Hi all, I was doing really well, I had 6 cycles of treatment and then a date for admittance for my SCT. Unfortunately on the date i was due to be admitted i received a phone call from my consultant cancelling my attendance stating that there was too much Covid in the hospital and that after a meeting of senior staff it was deemed dangerous for the procedure to continue.
I was told that I would provisionally be given a future date of 2 weeks in the future. This was a massive blow to me mentally, i had emptied the freezer put all outside furniture sway and had my bag packed, all to be cancelled . I asked about further treatment and again i was told that 2 weeks was ok but any further delays would result in me having to start another full cycle of treatment.
I now need another Covid yest prior to being admitted i a weeks time if the timeline goes according to the consultant. It has taken me a week to come to terms with the cancellation but now realise the professionals were correct in their decision to postpone my SCT.
I am now starting to prepare for my Admission again with some uncertainty, and as i have previously stated I am in the Spanish health system and have had no contact with my consultant since my cancellation phone call.
To put others at ease the hospital I refer to is the main hospital in Santa Cruz, Tenerife. Sounds as though Covid may have returned with vengeance.
Heres hoping for no more setbacks, and especially not a further cycle of treatment.
This message is more to get my frustration out rather than ask for assistance from the group.
Thank you hope it isnt as critical in UK.
24th July, i dont know how to Edit 
Inspired lad of Pelham good to hear you have a ‘go’ date.
Preparing for going through the time in the SCT Unit is important so this ongoing post in our dedicated Stem Cell Transplant support group is a place where group members have collected the things that helped them go through there time in the SCT unit - Checklist for SCT Unit and the second link is taken from a Lymphoma site but again has some good first hand tips for the SCT process Top tips for stem cell transplants
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Hi Inspired lad of Pelham ....... no easy way....... just kick on this link below......
......... and start a new thread in the group [+ Create new post] or [ + ] in the top right of the group page.
You can copy and paste any text from this thread into your post in the SCT Group.
I think I have said before that I had no mouth and eating problems during both my Allo SCTs....... so don't fret this....... if it happens it happens....... if not, then you have wasted energy worrying about it.
