stem cell transplant side effects

numbness. when you first hear, you kind ofgo into this zone where the next thing you hear is your blood racing in your ears. wedid not know how much time i would have, so we needed to move quickly. here, at new york-presbyterian,their treatment plan had a very good chance of success, in fact they said, "you are agood possibility for a cure." those are the words you want to hear. new york-presbyterianhas been the number one hospital in new york for over 10 years now. we're able to treatevery kind of cancer that there is, and we're extremely proud of our bone marrow transplantprograms. on the weill cornell side, we have the bone marrow and hematopoietic stem celltransplantation program, while on the columbia side, we have our irving transplant unit.we pride ourselves on providing optimal care,

working closely with our colleagues, whileat the same time, moving the field and contributing to research. we offer the whole array of stemcell transplant procedures, which includes autologous transplants, allogeneic, from matchedsiblings, matched unrelated donors, or even half matched transplants, and offer a transplantoption to patients who otherwise don't have a fully matched donor. we did a worldwidesearch, we did it for months, but we didn't find an identical match, so the clinical trialwas my only option, and that was a technique that dr. van biesen perfected. we have thedoctors who actually make the discoveries that then take what's learned from the laband actually treat patients with it. we have all the latest technology, and we're innovativein terms of how we use that technology. it

was very important that this particular hospitaldoes the research that's necessary to assist the patient through the journey of a bonemarrow transplant. i like to go to the people who write the book, not the people that readthe book. a successful bone marrow transplant is a team effort. we work with amazing collaboratorshere at new york-presbyterian hospital. this is a multi-service hospital. when you undergoa stem cell transplant or a bone marrow transplant, you can get various complications. it's anamazing thing to have all these specialties, all with trainees, all with expertise, atyour site. they're telling you, "listen, this is our options, this is what we can do foryou." they always knew where i was in my progress and they were reporting back to me. everypatient is different and every patient deserves

individualized care, so we try as much aspossible to personalize the care that these patients receive, and we make sure that everypatient's goals and challenges are addressed appropriately. we have a motto here, whichsays, "we put patients first," and everything we do comes at it from the patient perspective.that's what really sets us apart. i knew i'd found a partner, i knew i found the rightplace, that's going to walk with me step by step to heal me.