I am 75 and on my 4th week of chemo with no side effects other than constipation and swollen legs. I feel good apart from one day each week when I have no energy, otherwise walking, exercising and gardening. No pain in the bones. My various blood counts have dropped considerably so feel very positive.
I am trying to decide whether to have SCT or have the stem cells frozen and use them later as needed. If use SCT later, I know I would need to go through another 4 months of injection chemo beforehand but as stated I have few side effects. If I have SCT after the current Chemo it will mean 2-3 weeks in hospital which does not sound great and then 3-6 months to recover energy levels so does it make sense to freeze and use them later?
Interested to hear both sides of SCT now or later.
