As you say this can differ, in several respects.
For me, with some kidney damage, I had an extra day between chemo (melphalan) and the return of my stern cells.
I had visited a friend during her SCT who had been violently and continuously sick from day 1 for over two weeks and went home feeling poorly.
For me the process was much more benign. Days 1&2 I felt ok, it’s a bit weird being in hospital, being woken up several times a night, so a bit tired, but perfectly well.
Day 3 diarrhoea kicked in but still felt well
Days 3 to 8 felt reasonably well, just tired and could only eat what I fancied.
Days 9,10 & 11 waves of nausea, but little actual sickness, just needed to sleep most of the time. Could still eat, but had to eat as soon as I felt hungry or I was sick.
Day 12 by lunchtime could feel myself getting better hour by hour and knew I was over it, an elating feeling.
Someone in my support group wasn’t sick once and had no diarrhoea at all.
It really isn’t possible who will react in which way- I’ve always been such quite easily so expected a lot of sickness, but didn’t (until after discharge which resulted in being readmitted for a few days, but even then I didn’t feel really poorly)
However you feel, you will be well looked after, the staff in the units used for SCT are wonderful.
