Timeframes

Well I had a long phone call with my brother the donor today. He has a number of things going on and would rather come in the second week of January. If they want it sooner maybe a scientist would go over and collect the cells. But if required he would come over in December. I'm leaving it up to the transplant co-ordinator and my doctor to sort out.

I did find out what the protocol is for Donor Lymphoscyte Infusion.

the Bro will be here for almost a week doing blood tests other tests and physicals (some more done before he gets here). There is a pile of paper work to do as well. Then the day they take the cells he is in a chair for many hours and at the end of the time I get my first infusion. They frezze the next three infusions and I get them every 4 weeks for 4 times. I should get Graft Vs Host Disease after the second or third infusion and depending on the severity, the program stops then. Then they get me coasting with GVHD and that takes out the fibrosis in my bone marrow that is keeping me from producing good blood.

Cross you fingers
More later
Chris