6 month update
Six month post-transplant update: Filled with Optimism 6 months ago I underwent a stem cell transplant with the hope of stopping further progression of my MS. Last week I was in Seattle for appts and I’m very encouraged with how things are going. Things are happening! Slight progress tells me that I’m not what they would call a “non-responder”, meaning the transplant was a success. My neurologist appt showed I am back to baseline with my walking. Baseline- meaning pre-transplant. There are two parts to recovering. First is recovering from the chemo and transplant. My hematologist is happy with my numbers and I was able to start getting my childhood vaccines, all of which were wiped out from the transplant process. The second part is to work on my MS symptoms. Many have improved since the transplant. Heat-tolerance, fatigue, brain-fog, bladder issues, numbness, the list goes on…..all showing improvement. The main issue now is how to deal with prior dam...