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Thank you. It sounds like you are in good hands! I understand that the City of Hope is one of the top hospitals for cancer in the country. We are trying to coordinate our treatment with MD Anderson and our community oncologist team in Austin. If it works out we won't have to move, but if not we will move to Houston to follow MD Anderson's care. They recommend different treatments. Texas oncology recommends DRd as their first line of treatment and MD Anderson recommends a fourth drug in the DRdV as a first line. We have a consultation in a few weeks with a Stem Cell transplant specialist to see if I can qualify for it..

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UPDATE on my stem cell transplant eligibility. After two days of testing at MD Anderson one of the the stem cell transplant doctors at (they have 27) said that they see no reason why I should not be able to have a transplant using my own cells, even at the age of 79. The problem is while testing they found that I have Pulmonary Fibrosis! I had no idea, but they said that should not get in the way of a transplant. Now I'm not sure it's such a good idea. Anyone refuse the SCT and just stayed on their meds?