Harvesting of Stem Cells

Harvesting of Stem Cells

We went to UK for stem cell transplantation,as professor Powels clinic is there.

After all initial blood tests taken, confirming Anand is in remission we were advised about harvesting of stem cells.

Since parkside hospital  is in Wimbledon and  did not have the facility of harvesting, we were advised to go to london clinic for harvesting.Appointment and contacts were predone from INDIA.

Next day we went to London clinic, prescribed injection for boosting stem cells were given,and we were asked to come the following day, these injection take around 24 hours to boost stem cell production. The first day of stem cell production was not very good, we could harvest around 80000 cells, again the injections and routine of harvesting continued for 3 days till we were able  to collect around 200000 cells. Here I would like to say that only 3 or 4 harvesting can be done in 1 sitting,then after 1 month we can do harvesting again.

In England harvesting and storing the stem cells are costly, it took us around 18000 thousand pounds  for harvesting, India would be around 1.5 lakh rupees. Stem cells are absolutely necessary for transplant.

How To Find A Good Doctor | Multiple Myeloma

This is most important and difficult........it’s best if you can get a reference! Internet is a big tool today and Google is a very good search engine.


“There is a good list of doctors on the internet, you can also use a help of someone more internet savvy. Children are a big help. For me my daughter helped me locate a good doctor in Mumbai”.

“Our friend Dr Surendra Reddy knew of a very good Doctor in HYDERABAD, we have a "Indo American Cancer Institute" In HYDERABAD, so with his reference, we met Dr S Dattatreya and his team.”

If the doctor you meet makes you comfortable in your first meeting, he is your first doctor, “DR DATTATREYA................A LOT OF RESEARCH IS GOING ON AND EVERYYEAR WE ARE ABLE TO DEVELOPE NEW MEDICINES IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA,WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TREAT MR ANAND SUCESSFULLY AND GIVE HIM A GOOD LIFE.”

Still we are never satisfied with one Doctor, so we went to Mumbai to meet “Dr ADVANI”. The best way is to search for him on the internet and take an appointment. Here again my daughter looked him up on internet and took an appointment for the next day.