Those of you who are at PCRU and have not had a harvest, why not? I would really appreciate your opinions as well as those who have chosen harvest. What other risks are there? > > Thanks in advance for your time. Regards, > > Mary Toole > dx 10/02
Hi Mary, Congrats on great PCRU results! That is great. When I was first PCRU in 9/02, I asked my onc Dr. Charles Schiffer, about doing a harvest. I told him it seems like a valuable thing for me to have in my back pocket. He strongly disagreed, stating that if my counts were to slip, he would rather have me do a MUD transplant than an autologous transplant. (I have an estimated 50 possible donors out there). His point was that if you are going to go through the struggle of a transplant, you should go for the one that offers a potential long- term cure. (The autologous is expected to buy a few years time as opposed to being a sustained cure). I am 32 and considered a relatively lower risk candidate for a MUD SCT, so perhaps that played into his decision on that as well. I don't feel strongly enough about the need for harvested cells to push back on this one, but I will probably double check his opinion on it at my next appointment to make sure nothing has changed in his thinking. Just another point of view for what it is worth. Erin in MI dx 12/01 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/8zSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> New! Sign up for local CML support group meetings in your local community at http://cml.meetup.com Apply for Commercial Real Estate loans online and submit your deal to dozens of hungry lenders in just minutes. Loan programs for all types of business and commercial real estate. Apply anytime at http://realestatezoo.com CML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Support List) --------------------------------- Part Of CMLHope.Com An International Community Of CML Patients For more information: http://cmlhope.com Post Message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To No Mail/Web: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CML Group Web Site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
