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Join Date: Oct 2009
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Erin- Thanks a lot! It is a trial...not many people have done it, and you have to meet many many qualifications. Failing 3 medications, being intubated, being antibody positive (preferred), failure of thymectomy..etc. But I know what you mean, youd do anything to feel better. They excepted 10 people to participate in the trial and it the trial timeframe was set to 12 years...that gives you an idea of how many people have done it..
They give you chemo to destroy the immune system then do leukopheresis to harvest stem cells then when your immune system is destroyed to the point of no return they implant the stem cells to grow a completely different immune system...Im not sure if all youve been through could handle this much more!
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