Hi @anita1959 I’m so glad to see you here! We’ve got a great group of members who have been through the SCT process. They’re here, along with me, to answer any questions and do a little hand holding through your entire journey.
Believe me, you’re not alone when it comes to being scared or nervous when waiting for a stem cell transplant. Pretty sure all of us here in the BMT support group felt the same trepidation beforehand. However, having the transplant has given us an all important 2nd chance at life…a risk worth taking, don’t you think?

There can be different protocol for each hospital or transplant center. So it’s difficult for me to say how long you’ll be in the hospital. Some, such as Mayo-Rochester, where I had my transplant 6 years ago, SCT patients are Out-patients. Meaning we had our pretreatment and infusion in the hospital, but our recovery and convalescence was offsite an independent lodging of our choice.
Most places do expect the patient to be near the clinic for around 100 days.
Before I toss out a lot of information that might not be useful for you let me ask you a few questions.
Are you having a Allogenic transplant (using donor cells) or an Autologous transplant using your own cells?
What information have you gotten from your transplant team for their protocol?