Nadine,
I am a 36 year old, mother of three and I had a bmt in October, 2004. I’m still waiting for my counts to come up and I’m at around day 125 or something. I had a wealth of complications including a need to have them trach me, take a lung out to look at it…getting some window to my heart to remove fluid…and today I’ve got the news that the CMV is back. I’m doing outpatient treatment but it’s taxing to go out in the cold to the hospital every day. All I can say is put your faith in the Lord and make sure you have a great support system – you will need both. It is NOT an easy process – but it can be done. Also, I have problems with congestive heart failure so I gained 85 pounds while laying in a hospital bed for 3 months. However, now I’m down to about 30 pounds less than my admission weight. Food just doesn’t apeal to me anymore… perk..
Good luck to you and keep the faith.