Hi
I just had to post today. My husband Maurice has reached one year post BMT today, and he is doing so well. We have posted on here previously, but sometime ago now, by we I mean my daughter Claire and myself. I am unable to find the previous postings to refer you to them, so I will give a brief overview of how things have gone. Maurice was diagnosed with CML in June 2005 and initially went onto Gleevec, this worked for a few months, then he had to be placed onto a trial, Dasatinib/Sprycel, via the Hammersmith Hospital, which worked for a while again, but then it was decided that as Maurice was not responding on all counts, a BMT was the way to go. Initially we were given some pretty frightening odds by the Hammersmith Hospital, which were later reduced drastically by the Royal Free, and we went ahead with the transplant. Maurice had the mini allograft, and unfortunately did not have a sibling donor, however the 80% unrelated donor, has worked a treat, and we are progressing so very well. Maurice goes back to work on Monday, for the first time since the transplant, and we are having a family get together this evening, to celebrate his first birthday, and just by way of a coincidence, it is our son's 30th birthday tomorrow. So we will all be having a good celebration. I hope this gives encouragement to all of you out there who are going through the mill with Leukaemia. We are still taking each day as it comes, and visiting the Royal Free regularly, but despite a couple of blips, i.e. infections etc., Maurice has progressed well. Long may it continue and good luck to you all. Jacky Carter xx
