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Anyone have bone marrow transplant for aplastic anemia?
Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) & CAR-T Cell Therapy | Last Active: Nov 17, 2022 | Replies (13)Comment receiving replies
@loribmt yup iam diagnosed with aplastic but iam from Pakistan and the bone marrow transplant doesn't have any surety to be successful iam really feeling afraid and sometimes even i fall down and start srilling on ground. My family doesn’t know about my cancer
Can you suggest me anything
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Hi @mentallyill, Not telling your family is making this particularly difficult for you. My first suggestion is to let your family know you have a blood disorder.
Aplastic Anemia is not leukemia. It is not cancer because there are no malignant cells present.
So I don’t know if that will help you feel a little less frightened about your situation. But I do know that you’ll feel much better when you share this with your family. You’ll need support to get through your journey and they will want to be there for you! If you’re not telling them because you don’t want anyone to be upset, I can tell you that they will be hurt and more upset if you hold your illness from them.
I found a website that does a fairly good job at describing the difference between your aplastic anemia and leukemia.
https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-aplastic-anemia-and-vs-leukemia/#:~:text=Leukemia%20is%20the%20accumulation%20of%20abnormal%20malignant%20monoclonal,the%20pancytopenia%20with%20hypercellularity%20of%20the%20bone%20marrow.
According to Cleveland Clinic, another highly reputable hospital center in the US, a bone marrow transplant is highly effective in treating your condition. Here is an excerpt from their site. I’ve also posted the link to their site below.
“ Is there a treatment that cures aplastic anemia?
A bone marrow transplant is the only cure for aplastic anemia. Bone marrow transplants are also called stem cell transplants. A transplant is the preferred treatment for severe aplastic anemia.”
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/16747-aplastic-anemia
There is hope! It’s important that you get to a reputable medical institution to guide you to the treatment you need. I’m really sorry that I’m not able to predict the potential cost of your transplant. Being in the USA, our medical system is much different than yours in Pakistan.
But, if this option has been discussed with you by your doctors, then they will be the best source for the cost involved and who might be eligible to be a donor for the stem cells. Do you have siblings?