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Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) & CAR-T Cell Therapy | Last Active: Oct 17 4:45pm | Replies (27)Comment receiving replies
My husband had BMT in March 2019. The transplant went well but he still experiences nausea especially in the morning. He had a bout of GVHD and has seemed to recover from that pretty well. He is 71 and gets discouraged because he does not feel well. He has never had an appetite. Any suggestions?
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I had SCT in 2016, and did experience a lot of nausea due to gut GVHD. My recommendation is to email your doctor or his nurse and ask for their recommendation. Don’t wait until December!!!
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Hi @maryb13350 Welcome to Connect. I see you’ve been a member for several months but it’s your first time posting a comment! I hope it’s the first of many. ☺️
Your husband and I had our transplants just a few months apart in 2019. Mine was the end of June. If he’s experiencing GVHD then he had a allogenic transplant with cells from a donor, not his own cells. Unfortunately Graft vs host can be a ‘gift that keeps on giving’ as a side effect from our getting a second chance at life. It can present itself anywhere in the body but can usually be stomped out with a burst of steroids if it’s just beginning. If it’s chronic, then there are other meds that can be prescribed to mitigate the symptoms.
I’m sorry he’s still having nausea. That’s a miserable feeling. Does he still have regular followup appointments with his transplant team? Has he discussed the nausea with them or had any tests to see if there is GVHD in his stomach/digestive tract?