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My husband got CDE chemo on October 21 and started Neupogen shots on October 26. His stem cell harvesting was started on November 01. He has NOT been given a catheter. His collection is being done using peripheral veins. The aim was to collect 12 million cells in 4 collections, but he has yielded only 6.5 million cells in the first three days of collection. We are not expecting a miraculous harvest today
He has been told to come for harvesting on day 5 (November 07) also. The… read more
A friend of mine had too go twice and barely gave them enough stem cells and they were ready too keep on harvesting. I was lucky that I gave them more than enough cells the first session.
For those of you who have had an ASCT, please share your experience and what recovery is like. Thank you so much.
Hey Rennie, you will do the growth factor shots yourself or have a family member give them to you😁 If you get Mozibil, you go to the clinic and the nurses put it in your IV. I also got Kepivance, to… read more
I will have the central line placed tomorrow and the collection, apheresis, 6/15 16. My question is, how do you feel over the next week following the collection?
Thanks,
Howard
I hope you do great with harvesting JD🙏💕
I was wondering if someone out there that is a Doctor or Nurse could tell me what caused this?
Recovering from stem cell I sleep a lot have a lot of back pain due to damage from cancer compression fractures and lost 4” in height with curvature in spine due to diagnosis so late at stage 3
But… read more
What do you have to share about your experiences with the Stem Cell Harvesting process.
-How long do they take to harvest the stem cells?
- What are the side effects of the medications to enable stem cell harvesting?
- Are there any issues or effects on your body during and soon after stem cell harvest?
- Hoe long does your body feel the impact and time to replenish stem cells?
-Any other input?
I was in the hospital 19 days following my ASCT. For the first week of my hospital stay I wondered why I was in hospital (to prevent any exposure). Then it hit and the diarrhea continued for long as… read more
Brother is getting his stem cell harvest today. How many days did it take to get sufficient cells for transplant and did you have side effects from the chemo administered before transplant day?
I was harvested 1 day to get enough stem cells for 2 transplants.
Last two months have had a migraine with nausea at the end of my Revlimid cycle. Wipes me out for two days. Anyone else experiencing this. Any suggestions?
I've had 6 vaccine injections in the last week -- my arms alternate being sore, but it is a good soreness. DIL has Covid (school teacher with her shots) so I cannot see my local grandchildren or son… read more
So I haven’t posted, but my Stem transplant was postponed to November 21 … or so I thought. So for the second time, not enough STEM cells were harvested after Zarxio, Mozebil and a four hour infusion of Cytoxan. The Cytoxan was not fun and I had a three day basement period, lost my hair, and have had low white blood cell count, 3 blood transfusions, 5 blood platelet transfusions, antibiotics, and lots of meds to protect my stomach and bladder. Since my white blood cell count was so low, I had to… read more
Wanda,
You know your body better than anyone, and I hope they heard you!
Paula 🌹