uptown_gargoyle t1_j2dqq95 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 2:33 PM

Reply to comment by SirLaxer in Ok, so how was this year for you? by RoverTheMonster

was the marrow donation process painful?

SirLaxer t1_j2drjij wrote on December 31, 2022 at 2:40 PM

Not really, I was put under for the procedure itself and the recovery time wasn’t bad. had some strong aches for about 48 hours afterwards. The other method, donating peripheral blood stem cells or PBSC, has a week of daily shots of filgrastim that make your body sore leading up to the donation day but the recovery time is typically quicker.