Month +10 through +12 following HSCT/Bone Marrow Transplant
My first year of recovery from Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) has come to a close and my summation is I am different, but not better, which is good. Let me explain. I can still walk, but not as far as I did after chemo in Mexico (Clinica Ruiz) nor my first four months being home from Mexico. Based on information I have read, I have another year of recovery, so things could still change for better or worse. It's also very important to remember HSCT's sole purpose is to halt MS in in it's tracks. Symptom reversal is a lucky benefit some recipients of the treatment experience. I did get an MRI this month (October 2019) just to get one and I have had no changes as far as more lesions (in my brain and all over my spine) in four years. I wish that meant something, but the way Primary Progressive MS works for me is that my disability got worse while my disease did not change. The following are the items that changed for the bet...