I had chemo followed by stem cell transplant nearly 7 years ago and the whole process went smoothly and I had a remission of over 6 years. My myeloma relapsed last year and I’m currently going through chemo again (from last August) and waiting for another stem cell transplant. I have cells which were frozen from the first time so I don’t need to go through the harvest process. However, I feel that the whole treatment process is dragging out much more this time compared to 7 years ago. Despite having a PIC line put in a month ago I have been told there are higher priority patients who need the available beds before me. I am hoping to return to work as I did last time but the delay in getting a bed is holding up everything. We can’t plan anything and it is so frustrating. Has anyone else had a similar experience with waiting times?
