By Daniel Shapiro, PhD Bone-marrow transplant is a misnomer. I had an autologous bone-marrow transplant, meaning that I donated bone marrow to myself. Chemotherapy kills rapidly dividing cells, not discriminating between those healthy and those diseased.
Bone marrow is the factory that produces cells.
After six straight days receiving mega-doses of chemotherapy, I was transplanted. During the transplant, I lived in a small air controlled room. Because my immune function was suppressed I was prohibited from touching the floor with bare feet. I couldn't touch anything given to me unless it was wiped down with Clorox or gassed first. If I dropped anything on the floor I had to leave it there until someone could Clorox it for me.