Month +4 through +6 following HSCT (AKA Bone Marrow Transplant)!
This was the second quarter of my recovery form the Hematopoietic stem cell trans plantation (HSCT) I went through in October/November 2018. As a reminder, HSCT is an intense chemotherapy treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) . It aims to stop the damage MS causes by wiping out and then regrowing your immune system using your stem cells. This was a bit of a rough quarter. By rough, I mean my walking has been as bad as it was before I had HSCT . It is how it was for me pretty much all of 2018 . I w alk like a drunk Frankenstein and often move like a shopping cart with a wonky wheel. While it is frustrating and has caused about 10 falls, it did not stop me from doing everything I normally do. Also, thanks to the graph below I am not worried about what happened over the last few months. This graph gives a simple picture of the average recovery cycle from HSCT. According to it, the past three months should have been ...