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My Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT/SCT) story: Will you share yours?
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Hey @katgob
Happy for your Craziness towards your amazing Journey So far . I feel so amazed while seeing all of your posts here ,it actually makes people motivated and acknowledged So keep posted such nice and beautiful thots and stories. Keep Going 👍😊
I would just like to say Hello everyone .... How are you doing in to 2026 ????
Well some of us going with many challenges , Transplants changes into body and mind physically mentally after effects and so on ....But at last Gratitude towards New Life after a Transplant.
Yes My husband completed almost 10 months post Bone Marrow Transplant for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. By God grace he is doing good and enjoying the new life with me as wife my kids and his Parents all around . Life is full of Challenges and Pain BUT trust me at last it is worth for making your future life better in a way ,acceptable grateful and amazing .
I would like to ask a question here as our Anniversary is Coming few months ,Is it advisable to travel out of the Country any beach area or somewhere ??
After How much time of the transplant it is a good idea to travel and what precautions can someone should take after the Transplant ???
My husband wants to celebrate it and I don't want to say No but many questions arise before making it happen .
Please advise and let me know .
Hey @loribmt Missing you ??? Hope everything good at your end and enjoying the life .
Have a great day and Happy New Year everyone .
Pray Play and Party Hard guys.... Take care all
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@anitasharma I wanted to add my two cents regarding international travel and going to the beach.
If your husband is active and has plenty of energy, then traveling internationally may work for him. I was still dealing with a lot of issues at one year post transplant, so I didn’t do much traveling. I went to Italy around my two year anniversary, and I felt like I had recovered enough. Depending on your vacation destination, find out if you need additional vaccinations. I went to Egypt last year and had to get 2 additional vaccinations.
My beach recommendation is to stay out of the sun. I am on immunosuppressants and have to be very mindful of that, especially since I live in Arizona. I also don’t swim in rivers, lakes, oceans etc because of possible bacterial infections. I swim in swimming pools, if I feel confident about their cleanliness.
That being said, each person has his/her own level of risk tolerance. Follow your doctor’s advice.
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Hi @anitasharma! Happy New year to you and your family! You’ve had quite the past year so this is new, fresh start! ☺️
It’s amazing that your husband will be coming up on his first Cell-ebration or first Re-birth day as we say. That’s such a milestone and definitely one worth celebrating.
As for travel, first ask your husband’s doctor/team if it’s ok. But if he’s been feeling well and up to travel, there really shouldn’t be any reason not to go somewhere to celebrate. I was post transplant 7 months and we drove down to our winter home for a couple of months. When asking my BMT team if they knew of any reason why I shouldn’t, even my doctor replied, “We didn’t do all this work to save your life for you to sit around! Get out and enjoy life.” So we did!
At that time, I was receiving some infusions and my nurse coordinator made arrangements with a local hospital where we’d be in Florida, to complete my weekly medications. It worked flawlessly.
If there’s air travel it’s advisable to mask up and be mindful of germy situations with large indoor crowds, that type of thing. But you know the drill. You’ve been living it the past year.
Always so great to hear from you, Anita! My fondest wishes for continued robust recovery for your husband and health and happiness for you and your family. 🥰