Pre 3rd round of Chemo and Transplant - August 7 to 27th
This is the last post, before the big stuff. For those who have been reading and following my story you'll know that the first choice transplant match seemingly disappeared off the map, so we're using number 2. I mistakenly stated it was a German man, the individual is actually a Polish woman on the German registry. She is a 10/10 match just like the German man was but unlike him is actually the same blood group as me as well, which is good, in which case I'm not 100% sure why she wasn't the first choice donor originally. I'd imagine that it's due to male donors being generally preferred, the science goes over my head but this is apparently related to the size of the donor, with men generally being bigger, as well as whether the female donor has ever been pregnant as this has a big impact on their ability to be a bone marrow stem cells donor. Apologies if you are a Biology expert with your head in your hands reading my poor explanation (Sorry Mrs Matkins!) . Thi