Good morning, @thenester, I’d like to officially welcome you to Mayo Clinic Connect. You can already see this is great place to sit and chat with other people who have walked the same path you’re about to take.
@bizzylizzy has shared their positive experience with having the similar diagnosis along with having an ASCT (stem cell transplant using your own cells).
There are several others members about to embark on this same journey, @treehouse5437, for one, will be having an ASCT for multiple myeloma in a few months. I posted this reply to them a few days ago. There’s a link in this post for another conversation started by @jstpeachy who had an ASCT several years ago and is doing well. So I hope you’ll through these and feel some encouragement!
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1450804/
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https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/my-autologous-stem-cell-transplant-journey-mayo-phoenix/
I know having a stem cell transplant can be daunting. But you will be guided carefully with your SCT team wherever you’re having this procedure done.
Is this transplant center near your homehome or do you need to relocate quite far from home for the 6 or so weeks?