The Living Story: The Transformative Power of Sharing and Listening to Transplant Stories With Care, Communion and Courage
Storyteller Heather Harpham discusses the power of stories to make meaning out of some of life's most difficult moments.
2022 Virtual Symposium
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Safeguard Your Health from Late Complications after a Transplant Using Donor Cells
Learn about side effects that occur late after a stem cell transplant using donor cells (allogeneic transplant) and how to prevent and manage them.
Safeguard Your Health from Late Complications after a Transplant Using Your Own Cells (Autologous Transplant)
Safeguard Your Health from Late Complications after a Transplant Using Your Own Cells (Autologous Transplant)
Introduction to Graft-versus-Host Disease (GVHD)
Learn who’s at risk for developing graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), how it affects organs and tissues, treatment options and steps you can take to minimize the risk and severity of GVHD.
Heart and Vascular Health after Transplant – When a Cure is Not Enough
Stem cell transplant patients have an increased risk of heart and vascular disease after transplant. Identifying individual risks early on and developing a plan to address the risk before, during and after transplant can reduce the risk of disease later in life.
Your Eyes and Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease (GVHD)
Learn how chronic graft-versus-host disease affects the eyes, treatment options and things to avoid that can make the symptoms worse.
CAR T-cell Therapy: The Good, The Bad and The Long-Term
CAR T-cell therapy is a new approach to treating certain types of lymphoma, multiple myeloma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia that have not responded to two prior types of treatment.
Managing the Challenges of Caregiving after Transplant
Caring for a recovering transplant recipient can be stressful. It's important, for both the patient and caregiver, that caregivers practice self-care to maintain their physical and emotional health.
Graft-versus-Host Disease of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver
Graft-versus-Host Disease (GVHD) can affect the mouth, gastrointestinal (GI) tract and liver are affected. Learn the symptoms and treatment options.
Thriving, Not Just Surviving, after Transplant through Exercise and Fatigue Management
View demonstrations of exercises you can use manage fatigue, recover your strength and build stamina after transplant.
Secondary Cancers after Transplant
People who undergo a stem cell transplant have an increased risk of developing a second cancer later in life. Learn what you can do to minimize your risk.
Ask the Transplant Experts - Session One
Ask the Transplant Experts - Session One
Late Effects after a Pediatric Transplant/ Transitioning to Adult Care
Surviving a transplant is just step one on the road to a long, healthy life for your child. Learn about potential late complications and how to prevent and treat them.
Infections after Transplant
Stem cell transplant recipients have a high risk of of developing an infections, particularly during the first six months. Learn how to prevent and treat infections after transplant
Sexual Concerns in Men after Transplantation
Sexual problems often occur after a stem cell transplant. Learn about treatments for sexual difficulties, as well as how to preserve fertility after transplant.
Women’s Sexual Health after Transplant
Sexual difficulties are common for women after a stem cell transplant. Learn what causes low desire and pain during sex and effective treatment options.
Take A Breath: Managing Lung Problems after Transplant
Twenty percent of transplant survivors experience breathing problems after transplant. Learn how to prevent and detect them, and treatment options.
COVID-19: What Transplant Survivors Need to Know in 2022
COVID-19 is a highly contagious virus that can cause a serious infection in transplant patients and those on maintenance therapy or immunosuppressive drugs after transplant. Learn how to avoid COVID-19 and best treatment options if you do become infected.
Transplants for Older Adults: Who Is a Good Candidate?
Older adults with leukemia and other blood cancers can successfully undergo a stem cell transplant. Success depends on more than just the patient's age.
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy to Manage Vulva and Sexual Health for Women with Graft-versus-Host Disease (GVHD)
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) often affects the genitals and can cause pain and sexual difficulties. Learn how pelvic floor physical therapists can help relieve symptoms, and other therapies to manage genital GVHD.
Coping with Attention, Learning and Memory Challenges after Transplant
Many transplant survivors report difficulty with memory, attention and learning new things after transplant. Learn who is at risk, how long the problems typically persist and strategies to manage them.
Managing Sleep Challenges after Transplant
Many transplant recipients have difficulty falling and staying asleep. Learn how to improve sleep so you have less fatigue during the day.
Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease of the Skin and Connective Tissue
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a common problem after a stem cell transplant that uses donor cells (allogeneic transplant). It most often targets the skin. Learn about the symptoms and topical treatment options.
Your Mouth and Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) often targets the mouth causing a variety of problems that can lead to infection, tooth decay and tooth loss. Finding a dentist familiar with GVHD is important to properly diagnose and treat oral GVHD.
Medical Marijuana and Transplant: What Do We Know?
Learn about the potential risks and benefits of using various forms of marijuana after a stem cell transplant.
Bone Health after Transplant
Bone loss is common after transplant and can lead to fractures that can affect quality of life and daily functioning. Learn how to prevent and treat bone loss after transplant.
Helping Your Child with Attention, Organization and School after Transplant
Learn how transplant may affect a child's ability to process and retain information, and how to advocate for programs to assist a child with learning difficulties..
Ask the Transplant Experts - Session Two
Ask the Transplant Experts - Session Two
The Role of Nutrition in Long-Term Health after Transplant
Learn how various foods affect long-term health after transplant, how to interpret food labels, and the truth about some popular food advertising and diet claims.
Protecting Your Skin after Transplant
Learn how to prevent, diagnose and treat skin problems after transplant such as skin rashes, hair loss, infections, lesions and skin cancer.
Managing Fatigue after Transplant: Creating Strength through Recovery
Chronic fatigue is a common problem after a stem cell transplant and is often not helped by sleep alone. Learn what contributes to chronic fatigue after transplant and effective ways to manage it.
Life After Transplant: Cultivating Resilience and Growing from Trauma
Undergoing a transplant is a traumatic experience. Anxiety, depression and even post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) are common after transplant. Learn how building resilience can lead to emotional growth after transplant.
Managing Neuropathy after Transplant
Neuropathy or nerve pain can occur after a stem cell transplant, particularly in patients transplanted for multiple myeloma and those who develop chronic graft-versus-host disease. A variety of treatments can help patients with neuropathy.
How Rehabilitation Medicine Can Help Patients with Graft-versus-Host Disease
Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) physicians, also known as physiatrists, can help patients find treatments for pain and physical limitations caused by graft-versus-host disease.
Learn Rehabilitation Therapies to Manage Side Effects of Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease
Watch demonstrations of stretching and strength-building exercises and adaptive devices that can improve flexibility and strength for GVHD patients who have steroid-induced myopathy (muscle weakness).
