Chris appreciates the care given by her oncologist.
Now it is time to prepare for the next steps in this journey against MM.
Here is what we learned at a consultation that we had at the Bone Marrow Transplantation folks at the LDS Hospital:
- Finish current week of RVD treatment.
- Be off of treatments for two weeks.
- Assess readiness for BMT.
- Get injections to promote red cell production.
- Start harvest of immature red blood cells (stem cells). This will take 2-5 days of 4 hour sessions of running blood through the machine that collects them.
- After a couple of weeks be admitted to the LDS Hospital and receive a high-dose of melphalan chemo therapy over two days.
- Get a transplantation of her stem cells.
- Remain in the hospital for 3 to 4 weeks for recovery.
Chris says she is ready and is a fighter!!!
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