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How to be a good caregiver (bone marrow transplant BMT)?
Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) & CAR-T Cell Therapy | Last Active: Jul 17, 2023 | Replies (11)Comment receiving replies
I know that the transplant and hospitalization is covered. There will be a home that will be free, but doesn't take dogs, the cat is taken care of but not the dog so far. I had a few answers from the grants, we received so far $600 that I put aside for now. There are some that want a transplant date that I don't have yet.
I called the social worker today, but it seems like we don't speak the same language... I don't know if I'm plain dumb, but she talked about pre grant and post grant, but I still don't know what it is.
Christopher thinks that he will have the transplant and get back to work right away... I keep telling him that it won't happen, but try to explain to a man that he is wrong!
I guess I just have to take one day at a time and leave the rest to God!
Thank you for all your concern, it really helps, I feel less lonely!
Y'all have a great day and thank you again.
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Oh gosh, I sure hope you can find a friend or someone who could take your sweet dog for a couple of months. Our old puppy had passed before I got ill, so doggy care wasn’t an issue. That would have broken my heart to not have him with us.
As for your husband thinking he’ll return to work right away…I let out a little snicker…cuz ‘that ain’t happening’. I know his MDS is already draining him of energy. I can guarantee the first 2 months of transplant he’s not going to be running any marathons! But that’s something he will learn and figure out on his own. Nothing you can say will convince him of that except the experience.
As a caregiver you’re going to be making sure he takes his meds on time, gets back to the clinic for all appointments, finding foods that he’ll feel like eating, etc. He’ll be very weak for the first couple of weeks, possibly nauseated from the chemo (preconditioning for transplant).
Will your husband be an out-patient for transplant? Or does he have to spend a few weeks in the clinic immediately after transplant?
Any news on a donor yet?