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My Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT/SCT) story: Will you share yours?
Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) & CAR-T Cell Therapy | Last Active: Jun 18 8:57pm | Replies (402)Comment receiving replies
Welcome to Connect @dwolden. Your husband is in the best hands with the BMT team at Mayo! While it’s not an easy process for either of you, this bone marrow transplant will give your husband a second chance with life!
As you can see there are several of us in this group so please don’t hesitate to ask any questions, large or small!
My husband and I live a little more than 4 hours from Rochester from our home in Wisconsin. The prospect of moving to Rochester for 4 months was a little daunting at first but it became our home away from home. I’m coming up on my 5th rebirthday the end of June and we are still so very connected to Mayo. I was told ‘we’re married for life’ by my team…and they meant it!
If you haven’t seen this list already here is a really comprehensive guide to transplant. Your husband will be having an allogenic transplant so skip past the ‘auto’ section.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/caregivers-for-bmt-car-t-and-hematology/tab/transplant-journey/#ch-tab-navigationDoes he have a donor already and a target date for transplant?
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And no firm target date. The transplant specialist we met with at Mayo wanted him to complete two more cycles of chemo here in Duluth and then have another bone marrow biopsy. She wanted to see a deep remission so that’s what we are hoping for. I’m not sure what happens if he doesn’t get that.
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Thank you so much for connecting with me here! Your happy story means so much at this stage!
I will look at this link today.
His son has offered to be tested to see if he can be a donor. We are so touched by his support.
That’s a moving coincidence that you are also from Wisconsin and similar distance to Rochester!
Blessings on your journey and I am so grateful for your help!