My Cancer Treatment and Side Effects: Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Michele's Story | The Patient Story скачать в хорошем качестве

My Cancer Treatment and Side Effects: Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Michele's Story | The Patient Story

In this segment, Michele dives into what helped her understand her treatment options, describes what it was like getting poked for her infusions constantly, the experience of undergoing 15 bone marrow biopsies, what helped her get through long hospital stays, chemotherapy and managing through side effects, and her first stem cell transplant. This series: Michele G. shares her acute myeloid leukemia (AML) story. She was diagnosed with the blood cancer when she was just 24 years old. She shares the toughest times and what she’s been able to take away from going through cancer treatment and a stem cell transplant, not once - but twice. Our entire series segments are set to be published all this week, so subscribe for the notifications! 9/15: How I Got Diagnosed 9/16: Going Through AML Treatment & Side Effects 9/17: My Relapse & Treatment 9/18: Survivorship: Life After Diagnosis Full story & transcript → Updated Soon at www.ThePatientStory.com The interview has only been edited for clarity. Join Our Community: Website : https://www.thepatientstory.com/ Facebook: @ThePatientStory Instagram: @ThePatientStory Twitter: @patient_story ______________________________ Contents of this video: 0:00 - Intro 0:30 - What made you change hospitals? 1:05 - How did you decide which treatment to take? 4:34 - What did you get for your chemo infusions? 6:16 - Describe the bone marrow biopsy 8:31 - Describe your chemotherapy & side effects 13:10 - Tips on dealing with a long hospital stay 16:40 - What helped reduce the side effects? 20:33 - What helped gain back some weight? 24:01 - The first stem cell transplant 27:50 - The medications taken post-transplant 29:25 - Ways to track the medications 32:54 - Describe the follow-up routine 34:24 - Managing anxiety before each bone marrow biopsy ______________________________ #Leukemia #AML#ThePatientStory #Cancer #bloodcancer #cancersurvivor