Thank you Sharnie.
With the type of transplant I had (mini or non-myeloablative), and the immense experience my center has with transplants, they only require hospilization during this type of transplant and a few hours after, if there are no complications. if I had the full conditioning treatment (myeloablative) before transplant I would have been in the hospital likely a month. However because of my age (53), I was not eligible for the full conditioning. It's not unusual, however, to come down with a fever post transplant which would have sent me back to the hospital, so far I've been very lucky this hasn't happened. But I am extremely careful about exposure to colds, the flu... At this point other than my clinic appts, and a couple of brief walks outside I spend my time at home allowing very few visitors and they know the rules if the want to come over.
Truly the crazy thing is that my clinic can now do this type of transplant outpatient, in my clinic on the infusion floor, if the patient meets certain criteria and the cells arrive early enough in the day so the infusion nurses and Attending physician can keep a close eye on you for several hours after the transplant. Apparently this doesn't happen very often because the cells don't typically arrive early enough. But with the outpatient transplant teams just 1 floor away, they can be there as quickly as an in-patient doc at the hospital, if needed.
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Originally Posted by SLB
I can't believe you haven't had any overnights in hospital!!That is remarkable,i didn't even know they did that! Awesome news.. hope it all continues to be plain sailing for you!
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