Preconditioning can be individualized for each patient’s situation. So your doctor will take into consideration the type and stage of your cancer, how you’ve responded to other treatments, any co-morbidities, your overall health…all those things will influence the intensity and type of the preconditioning. If you can get by with a lower intensity preconditioning, that would be awesome!

In my case I had high risk AML which required 5 days of fludarabine/2days melphalan. Not high on my list of fun things to do. 😄 Another friend with a similar diagnosis as mine had fewer days of chemo but 2 sessions of full body radiation, concerned that her cancer may have crossed the blood/brain barrier. So our doctors made the call according to our needs.

I think I read yesterday that this may be a couple of years out for you?