How is the procedure of a bone marrow transplant? And where are the bone marrows in our body located?
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Inside the bone.
Bone marrow is a soft, fatty tissue inside the bones. This is where blood cells (red blood cells, platelets, and white blood cells) are produced, and where they develop.
Bone marrow is taken from the donor in the operating room while the donor is unconscious and pain-free (under general anesthesia). Some of the donor's bone marrow is removed from the top of the hip bone. The bone marrow is filtered, treated, and transplanted immediately or frozen and stored for later use. Transplant marrow is transfused into the patient through a vein (IV) and is naturally carried into the bone cavities where it grows to replace the old bone marrow.
It takes 10 - 20 days for the bone marrow to establish itself. During this time, the patient requires support with blood cell transfusions.
They sedate you and then plunge a syringe into you that breaks into your bones and they either then take bone marrow or transfuse others' bone marrow into you. Bone marrow is in the center of the bone and it produces red blood cells.
I wish your cousin the best.
Bone marrow is the stuff in the middle of our bones, it's where the blood cells are made. When they transplant the bone marrow, they literally scoop or suck out the marrow from a donor bone, often the hip area, its done through a long needle. They save this and then give it back to the cancer patient. I've given you a web site to check out, because this procedure is a little more complicated than I've made it out to be, this way you can read it for yourself. Your cousin will need lots of rest and care and drugs for a long time so she won't reject the new marrow. She'll need your support for a long time too, it's best you are informed. If you are in Canada you can call this number 18889393333 and talk to a real person about it all. Our prayers are with you both.
The procedure is painful, I know I have it every 6 months. They get it from your hip. You lay facedown on a table and they drill into your hipbone and take out a piece of bone and bonemarrow (looks like red colored water). I'm thankful I have CML and can take Gleevec instead of chemo treatments. I am 51 and have been anemic all my life. I hope your cousin does well. I have a brother that will be my doner when the time comes (I hope it doesn't).
Others have answered the question well enough i think, so il not repeat what others have said, all i can say is that i wish your cousin all the best wishes possible for a succesfull operation & hope that the outcome is a positive one for your cousin.
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