Hello everybody!

Today is June 21st, first day of the summer! It is also a very important day for me: a year ago, my stem cell donnor started the process to stimulate de production of stem cells in her blood. I now know more about what she had to go through, as she answered me by a long letter! The treatement to stimulate the production of hematopoietic stem cells did not work the first time, so she had to have a second set of injections… The doctors took out the stem cells by “filtration” from her blood, but the amount was a little “small”… they  decided that it was worse trying, taking in account that I was already in aplasia… And the result was perfect, so the doctors did the right choice!

I guess the kind of machine used to recover my donnor’s stem cells is similar to the one I am using for the photopheresis…

First time I saw this machine, I immediatly thought of the kind of “experiment” we could do with it!

Tomorrow will be my 4th visit to the place! I hope that the results will be good, sooner or later!

Enjoy life!

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In 2011 I was diagnosed to have MDS (myelodysplasic syndrom). Recently, the disease worsened, so I have to have a hematopoietic stem cells transplant. In this blog, I share the steps toward a full recovery. It might also help me and other to deal with this scarry process. All the process is taking place at the Saint Antoine hospital in Paris.I would like to thank all the doctors and nurses there, who are doing a fantastic job. They are both technically at the top and so friendly: they are like family! Anybody who would be interested by more informations regarding my experience could contact me through the "comments" link.

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