Stem Cell Transplant
Linda, Glad to hear you are in the program. Hope and pray everything goes well with you. It sounds like you have a very upbeat attitude about it and that will help you get through this. I was wondering how do you get picked to be in the program? Does your doctor have to recommend you and does insurance cover it? How long does it take to get into the program? God Bless. Clare in Michigan
Stem Cell Transplant
Yes Linda you will be there soon : )
Stem Cell Transplant
I’m not so brave, I’m often in tears. I am more afraid to not be living fully verses to die frankly. Thank you for your kind words and I will prevail for myself and others. Rock on…………….life is short
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Stem Cell Transplant
Non-Donor Stem Cell Transplants, as used for autoimmune diseases are NOT high risk, because they are NON DONOR “transplants.” The patient’s own stem cells are harvested and re-infused after a non-myeloablative (bone marrow-sparing) chemotherapy conditioning. Non donor transplants are done often for lymphoma patients who have recurring disease after initial treatment.
Non-donor transplants do not require as intense a conditioning, have no risk of graft-versus-host issues, and the patient does not need to take immuno-suppressives for life, afterward, as is the case for a donor, or Allogenic transplant.
Personally, I would do it in a heart beat if a center in my immediate area offered the treatment for CIDP, covered by insurance.
In my opinion, it makes perfect sense as a treatment for CIDP that is severe, and refractory to first-line treatments.