Guest guest Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 , for what it's worth, I think you've made a sound decision. It seems you have an excellent donor lined up. With a bit of luck, you will have just enough GvHD to kill off the lymphoma for good. In making treatment decisions, lymphoma patients always have to go with their gut feeling. Some would rather try all other alternatives before taking the transplant plunge; others would rather go for the gold right away, before their bodies are weakened by the disease and its treatments. Like you, I'm in the latter group, and thank goodness it's worked out fine so far. I'm now nearly 17 months out from my reduced intensity MUD transplant for an unclassified NHL similar to CLL (CD20+, CD38+, and cyclin-D1+). My donor is a man my age, 52, and I hope to meet him and his family this summer. As GvHD, I have general dryness (skin, eyes, mouth, hair) and sometimes raised red patches on the insides of my elbows and backs of my knees, which I treat with a little hydrocortisone cream. That's it. I don't have quite the energy I used to have before getting sick, but age might have something to do with that. I work full time. And life is good! Sybil Whitman, NB, Canada Dx. Oct. 2003, CHOP x 8, R-CVP x 6, auto SCT April 2006, reduced intensity allo BMT (MUD), Dec. 2006. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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