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Want to talk about Multiple Myeloma: Anyone else?

Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Jul 1, 2023 | Replies (401)
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@wyom1998

Day 5 after transplant. I chose to go right from collection to transplant,
I'm Tired, bored, nauseous, achy, count on neutrils still 1,300.
I never thought I would want an empty account at -0- in my life.
I really want to start up the other side.

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Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | Feb 28, 2022

Good morning, @wyom1998 Don’t despair! I know this is a crumby period being only 5 days after transplant. But big, positive changes are coming for you.

In the next week you’ll continue to be in a very low period and not feeling your perkiest. It’s from the conditioning chemo. Remember, it had to clean out your bone marrow to make a squeaky clean home for the newly replanted stem cells collected from you last week. That will cause your body to become neutropenic and at some point in the next week your blood numbers will plummet. You will get your -0- account balance. 🙃

You will continue to be tired, bored, nauseous and achy but then the magic happens! Engraftment. Your numbers will pick up again as your marrow starts producing new blood cells. The white blood cells will rush to the rescue and have you feeling better in no time!

How long will you have to remain near the clinic after transplant?

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