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Donor transplant age 70
My father in law had his stem cell transplant last Wednesday , this is due to him having non Hopkins lymphoma, he is in a hospital that is about an hour away from us , he has been extremely tired , depressed , very sick (they have now given him a driver for this) diarrhoea (he is been given Imodium for this ) , we are now on day 7 and is still isn't great , just wondering due to his age , do people think it will take longer for him to start to feel better, or have a bit more energy to even want to see people
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It does take a while (I was 46 when I had my transplant) and everyone will be different. Fingers crossed he will start to feel better when the sickness and diarrhoea subside, which does make you feel very low.
Keep an eye out for those first signs of his counts rising which indicate that the graft is taking and that will hopefully give him a boost in confidence.
It is a slow path but try to stay positive and help him along the way. I also remember not wanting to see people at that stage because I felt so unwell, but fingers crossed he will pick up soon and start to feel better.
Please keep us updated and don't hesitate to call on us for support.
All the best,
Steve
Unfortunately it is very early days and from what you describe it sound exactly like what I experienced.
I was 63 when I had my transplant, 3 years ago now. I was in isolation for 4 weeks, the first week was conditioning with chemotherapy. It was the affects of that which made me feel just like your father in law. I too wondered if my age made it harder to recover, I'm not sure it was, I think most people have similar after affects. It sounds that his problems are being addressed which is good.
Things will improve you just have to be patient and take one day at a time. Whilst your father in law will feel depressed and down he will take comfort from your visits.
It's going to be a long and slow recovery but things will get better. It's a great feeling when things start to improve and you start to get good blood counts.
Good luck and let us know when things improve, you can keep in touch anytime, we are here to support to each other.
Best wishes, Peter
Regards, Louise
Nutripenic level is 0.1 and white blood count is 0.6, these are the results from yesterday which was day 9.
We are all so relieved that things are starting to move in the right direction. Thank you so much for your support in this community.
Carl
All the best,
Steve
I'm so glad you've found using the forum useful and your father in law's results are moving in a positive direction.
If you need anything from the patient team do get in touch - in the meantime I hope he continues to improve.
Billie
This is really good news for you all, I'm very pleased. I hope things improve day by day.
Try not to worry too much about going home at this stage, everything will be okay trust me I have been there. Keep up with the TLC, lots of cakes and goodies, so be prepared. There will be off days but there will be good days too.
Best wishes to you all.
Peter
Really good news that your dad is home, thanks for letting us know. Hope he continues to make progress and and gets stronger each day.
Anthony Nolan has lots of information on fatigue and have just this last week published a book on the subject. You can download a copy or give the Patient Information Team a ring and they will send you a copy. I have just received a copy and it has lots of useful information, I would recommend getting a copy.
Best wishes to you all.
Peter