[heddleandhook]

Has anyone had two SCTs after age 65?

by heddleandhook on Wed Sep 16, 2015 1:36 am

My doctor has said they would never do a second SCT after the one I'm getting at age 68.
When pressed for reasons and factors he is basing this on, it comes down to chronological age alone.

Comments? Does anyone know of anyone who has had two SCTs after age 65 and where they had them?

[Sister In Law]

Re: Has anyone had two SCTs after age 65?

by Sister In Law on Mon Oct 26, 2015 10:25 pm

My neighbor was 80 when he had one. He was in great shape and did well. He did not have myeloma, but a rare nasty lymphoma. Nonetheless, he came through as well as anyone, but had a lot of tests to look at his condition first. The disease was aggressive and rare, so that popped back up in less than a year and got him. But it was not myeloma and he did well.

[Cubs Fan]

Re: Has anyone had two SCTs after age 65?

by Cubs Fan on Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:10 am

This answer may be premature, given that my mom is about to under­go her first ASCT next week, but her myeloma specialist in­sisted on harvesting 20 million stem cells so that she would have enough for four transplants and she is 62 years old. Our specialist has some ties to UAMS so tandem is a possibility for her, but that would still leave enough for two more. And, to echo what the other poster wrote, we have a family friend who just under­went an ASCT for myeloma at the age of 80.