Hi Patty, actually having an outpatient experience with a SCT can be very positive. I had an Allogenic (using unrelated donor cells) transplant at Mayo-Rochester. There, all bone marrow transplants are basically outpatient. Statistics show recovery time can be aided by being in a ‘home’ environment. It’s safer than a hospital setting by reducing the possibilities for infection.
Patients move around more getting their own food from the fridge, they’re using their own bathrooms, sleeping in their own bed. Much better than when confined to a room or bed in a hospital.
Patients generally report to the clinic daily for blood work so it’s not as though you get the transplant and are pushed ‘out of the nest. If there are any complications then the patient gets admitted to the hospital again, asap.
Your husband, with his MM will most likely have a autogenic transplant using his own cells. That is of a much easier, faster recovery time simply because he is using his own cells…there’s no chance for rejection and graft vs host issues.
Do you have any specific questions I can help you with?