Allogenic Stem Cell Transplant

Sorry to hear of this. If she is alone, then the sooner the better for support. The conditioning chemo for transplant can be very rough and in the immediate post-transplant setting, I viewed it as a near death experience. The mind knows that survival is likely, but when the marrow is producing zero blood cells, the body does not. It wants to curl up and die. At least, that was my impression. Not to steal members, but I moderate the transplant forum at www.cancerforums.net. We have serveral there who have undergone transplants and experneces are all over the map. This is expaected, as two unique DNAs are being combined in what is essentially a medical experiment that will never be repeated. We end up being chimeras, organisms with two DNAs co-existing.