[majic30Participant]

Hi, just a couple of questions,,, my husband having blood harvested on monday. Could anyone tell me  will he be allowed anyone with him during the procedure? My daughter wants to be with him help with the boredom? Ive also got to find out if transport will allow her to accompany him. I cant get in touch with transport to ask,i know she would go on train anyway if not. he is going to the qe.

 

also the pre injections hes on for 4 days,,,, im aware they cause bone pain and discomfort, did anyone experience chest pains? Hes been experiencing this through the night after day 2,s injection??

[rebeccaRParticipant]

Hi there, Have answered the “visitors” bit – I didn’t have anyone with me but others in the unit did. It is not that boring as there were others, a TV and a nurse sits with you throughout it. The bone pain is often a good sign that it’s working – too many stem cells compressed in the bone marrow. I felt the pain was like labour pains as they seem to go in waves through my body. Paracetamol generally works for them. I never had them in my chest but have heard others say if they weren’t expecting the pain they’d have thought it was a heart attack. When I went in for harvesting a nurse told me she’d heard that some people could only get relief from the back pain by going down on all fours but it was obviously too late by then to try it! I think pain generally comes from the back, chest, hip area. In the end it really was excruciating and couldn’t wait to get the little buggers out – again abit similar to labour! I don’t know about getting a lift with the transport but if you ring your nurse specialist or specialist ward I’m sure they’d be able to advise.
Best of luck, Rebecca
(think my harvest was 3 hours long)

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