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What is the Living Donor Process Like?
Transplants | Last Active: Aug 9, 2021 | Replies (119)Comment receiving replies
@marvinjsturing I along with others, are holding positive thoughts for a great report come next Friday. Will Nebraska Medicine transfer your time from Mayo to their facility, placing you higher on the list? You can continue to be double listed. Great to hear they considered your test results from Mayo as current criteria! When will your sister hear her results?
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@gingerw Nebraska will transfer my time if I ask them to. I have not decided whether or not to do that. The out-of-pocket costs at Nebraska will be significantly higher. At Mayo, I would have to stay in Rochester for 3-4 weeks and I can stay at Gift of Life House where Mayo comes and does your blood work. In Nebraska, I would have to stay in Omaha for 6 weeks in a motel or other housing I could find. My wife would have to drive me to the hospital for all my blood tests and appointments. She is not excited about all that big city driving.
My sister begins her procedure next Tuesday. She will receive several rounds of chemo as an outpatient to kill off her stem cells. Then she will have her own stem cells (harvested a couple of weeks ago) transplanted back into her body. The whole process will take several weeks.