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My Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT/SCT) story: Will you share yours?
Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) & CAR-T Cell Therapy | Last Active: 7 hours ago | Replies (581)Comment receiving replies
Hi @katgob, at one of the appointments before my transplant, my doctor explained to me that once the actual transplant process begins that I would not be seeing him very much. The care is transferred to the transplant team on 9th floor of the hospital and out of the clinic. However…he wanted me to know that just because I wouldn’t be seeing him in the clinic, that he would be behind the scenes getting daily updates from the hospital and making the daily decisions for my treatment. He actually did pop in to see me a couple times when he was on the floor for rotating ‘on-call’ weekends…and the night before the infusion.
After about 1.5 months of daily visits to the transplant clinic for bloodwork, infusions and such I was then released from the transplant floor and back into my doctor’s care in the clinic again. So I think every clinic has their own protocol.
How are you doing? How is the flea situation coming along?
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Lori,
I was told by RNs when I was in the hospital that my doctor was looking at my progress behind the scenes. He did have a hand in my care, but at COH they have a rotating every 2 weeks doctor who checked us daily. I got to see him the day after my release. I said to him I was sad I never saw him. He did say this is how it is set up t the COH. He did say then that the Doctors liked me and enjoyed seeing me. I then saw him for 13 weeks twice a week. Amazing isn't it how that time passes, and it is hard to remember.
As to the fleas, I have flea combed five off my cat in 2 days. If he does that scratch, I go to him and comb. I was using wipes that are cat safe. In the house I vacuum 2-3 days a week, use Easy Defense All-in One Flea Remedy on the carpet, couch and cat. Sadly, this easy-to-use cap for using the product lured me and it was not food grade!! I used it upstairs in my bedroom that no one is sleeping in. Today I am getting the right one and have more places to use it. I am not getting bit a lot. It could be the babies are dead and others have not hatched. My sister gave me text suggestions, but never came over to help. I have still not seen her in person. Does the removal of the spleen put her in more danger than me from my transplant?