Experiences with

Stem cell and bone marrow transplants

I’m new to this forum. My husband was diagnosed with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease cirrhosis and HCC liver cancer in July 2018. He will require a liver transplant to survive and our surgeon told us he would not make it to a deceased donor. Our wonderful radiologist has kept him alive thus far. We

Hi this is Ralph’s daughter Ashley who joined up for help with my dad, how do you cope with the constant nausea feeling in between getting drained every 2 weeks the sickness tablets don’t seem to be helping

So it’s been almost 4 years since I was diagnosed with aggressive G9 PCa. Surgery, adjuvant RT and ADT, then more RT after recurrence in a handful of pelvic LNs. Been on ADT and Zytiga for 11 months to hopefully cleanup anything that may remain. PSA has been undetectable since the treatment for recurrence

My kidney transplant was Dec. 7 1992, 27yrs this month.. I am blessed of how long it has lasted. Thanking the Lord it will keep on going...

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Hi. I had a kidney transplant in 2015. It’s my 3rd transplant. It was a perfect match. Other than I get sick in the winter and my Cholesterol is high it’s doing good.

After 12 years with PV and then 2 years with MF I explained in a letter to my consultant that were the decision to have a transplant entirely mine it is what I would wish for. I'd been on Jakavi for a year and it had ceased to help. I then went onto the Pacritinib trial which curtailed night sweats

I have final stage heart failure. Had a hole in heart repaired when I was 4 years old and a valve replacement in 1993 at 14 years old. Been ok from that time to a few years ago. Since Sept 2017 my heart has been deteriorating and I’ve been in out of hospital a good 8-10 times. September 2019 I had a

I came to this site about 6 months ago. I was diagnosed with Bronchiolitis Obliterans in 2017. I follow at Temple Lung Institute. I am just returning to this group after the usual medical adventures. It has been a whirlwind of a year. I can't wait to see the back of 2019. I am exhausted. This is my time

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Hi everyone! My husband had a kidney transplant on July 2nd of this year. His donated kidney is doing good, but he's not. His RBC, hmg keep going real low. He has to have blood transfusion every two weeks. He is week, no energy. Has anyone else had problems after kidney transplant? If so how long does

We aren't there yet with PD, but stem cell success is happening all around us. https://neurosciencenews.com/stem-cell-transplant-neurodegeneration-15043/

Morning Quick Question Yesterday had a Xmas card from my Wife's niece. she needs a Kidney transplant and has been placed on the list. After talking it over both my wife and myself said she can have one of ours, the Question is at 70 and 72 would we be considered as donors ? anyone know. My wife being

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My husband saw the gastro consultant a few weeks ago who said he had the biggest heamarroids he had seen (so proud) arranged he should see the relevant consultant urgently and also was referring him to see a Heptologist. Meanwhile he has developed cellulitis. Well we saw the consultant who said he

Hi, I’ve been reading and responding to posts on this site for about a year. I am diagnosed with bronchiectasis and asthma. I had asthma as a child but out grew it when I was about 16. I didn’t have any issues until 20 years ago due to an environmental accident over a period of 6 months; My lung function

First I'd like to thanks all of you guys sharing stories and replying my previous posts. A quick update on myself, I got called Thursday afternoon and and had kidney transplant done midnight Friday. Now 2 days post transplant, I was told my numbers are perfect and now I can walk around without much pain

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My other half's nephrologist wants him on the kidney transplant list. We go to the center and sit for their orientation only to find out they won't allow him until this coming June because he had cancer surgery and has to be three years post-op. His cancer doctor was appalled because he said the cancer

Hi all just a quick update...after several more tests including an mri of the heart ...we finally got the green light for transplant...as of today we are officially waiting for my lovely hubby to have a transplant ...and get some quality of life back...again thankyou to Rebecca on the helpline..for all