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moonscape

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3. I have multiple myeloma and had my stem

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Original post)

Sun Jul 17, 2022, 04:31 PM

Jul 2022

cells harvested for later but haven’t had the transplant. Sorry not to be able to relate to MDS, but do know a lot of MM patients who've had a transplant since it has been a standard of care, though more common. are autologous vs the allogeneic your wife will be getting. One noteable patient I know, a leader in our community, was on death’s door and got an allogeneic from his brother as salvage. That was ~ 15-20 yrs ago I think and he is basically cured, and ‘cure’ isn’t a common word with MM.

All the best to your wife, and you, as you two navigate through this.

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Can anyone share a personal feel-good story on receiving a stem-cell transplant to battle [View all] Ferrets are Cool Jul 2022 OP

Not specific to MDS but my buddy Honolulu had a stem cell transplant for leukemia and she is still mahina Jul 2022 #1

Thank you very much Ferrets are Cool Jul 2022 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author mahina Jul 2022 #2

I have multiple myeloma and had my stem moonscape Jul 2022 #3

Thank you very much for your words Ferrets are Cool Jul 2022 #4