The treatment started without any real problems. The doctors are now talking about the stem cell transplantation a lot because that might be coming closer. There are three possibilities: 1. I won't need a transplantation, that means the disease would be really gone after the chemo. 2. They will do an "autologic" transplantation, using my own stem cells, if the disease is not totally destroyed by the chemo. 3. They will do an "allogeneic" transpantation, using stem cells of a donor, maybe one of my brothers. They do this if my own bone marrow doesn't give enough stem cells.
I'm hoping for the first, because a transplantation is not without risks, and then I would recover sooner. The doctors also said they will probably give one more treatment after this one, possibly without the last (very heavy) infusion. I guess that will be finished around the end of August. So that could be a possible end of the treatment. Or, with the transplantation, about one month later, but with a long recovery to follow.
Reading this message again, I'm afraid it's very technical and a bit complicated, sorry for that! Hope I could keep your attention :)
