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John Hopkins-bone marrow research

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A friend of mine who has AML went to one of her oncologists today and she was discussing me with him. I spent 31 days in the hospital with her, so he remembered me. He told her about some work being done at John Hopkins with a bone marrow transplant with your own stem cells that is for people with fibro and other autoimmune disease/connective tissue diseases. They do this to reboot your system. Supposedly they are having some very good success with it. Has anyone else heard of it? Is it a trial, experimental, or are they the only ones at this point performing this operation? Whatever, I'm willing to jump in with both feet. I don't know how to look it up or research it. So I'm asking, has anyone heard anything....
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Mystery referred me to a specialist in the same thing at Cedars in bev Hills just this morning at chat. I have my appt for mid Dec. Lets compare notes so we can tell others how it is going.

Good luck and thank you for posting this.

Ouch
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Ouch, I'm going to call Northside Hospital in Atlanta (premier bone marrow tranplant center in the south) tomorrow and see what they say. That's where my friend goes for her treatments. Praise God, if this could possibly be a half-way cure for us!
Boxerlover
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When you guys get this information, please let me know about it. I'm with you jumping in!

Melissa
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LunarAngel
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I hope this is a great success for both of you. =) Please let us know how it turns out. You will both be in my prayers!

Jessica
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Google it. You can find information on anything on the web nowadays
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