@aam9422 Hi Alberto. Knowing that I’m helping your family means a great deal to me as well. A SCT is not a ‘walk on the beach’ and everyone’s situation is different. I wish that I’d had someone with first hand knowledge ‘holding my hand’ while I was undergoing this journey.

My family along with my cancer and transplant teams were wonderfully encouraging and of course were my cheer leaders. But unless someone has walked the walk they can’t know and appreciate the depth of emotions and physical reactions to the transplant.

For your brother it’s vital to keep a positive outlook, a sense of humor even when he doesn’t feel like it and to listen to his body.
Please know that I’m here as well as other SCT patients in Connect to help your brother and all of you in his support.

I’ll close with this… One particularly disparaging night early in the transplant, a nurse came in to check my vitals. Neither of us said a word while he went about his routine. Right before he left, he bent down and hugged me…and whispered in my ear, “The only thing stronger than fear is hope.” That was the most impactful thing anyone has ever said to me.

With hope…Lori.