Hello!
I need your help! My name is Ludmila Georgievna, I am 53 years old. I am a resident of St. Petersburg and live together with my daughter Margarita, who is a nurse at trauma unit.
Before I got my disability status that does not allow me to hold a job, I worked as a manager, and my total work experience is 29 years. In spring of 2009 I suddenly began feeling unwell. I started experiencing dizziness and severe fatigue. During examination at Pavlov State Medical University I was diagnosed with MDS (myelodysplastic syndrome), which is a bone marrow disease.
The only way for me to get well is to receive bone marrow stem cells from a donor. I have a sister and she was typed. We hoped that we would be a good match, but unfortunately this is not so. We now need to urgently find an unrelated donor.
There are potential donors at the international donor registry in Germany (96 people). This is a good number, but we have no money for the transplant. We need to pay 15,000 euros for the donor's bone marrow and 2,500 euros for delivery of transplant. The selection of the donor will start only after the registry receives at least 3,000 euros.
Unfortunately, we don't even have this much money. I am now undergoing treatment at R. Gorbacheva Hematology and Transplantology Institute. I was prescribed a course of maintenance therapy. The sooner I receive a transplant of stem cells, the better are my chances for the good outcome.
Please help me! Thank you in advance for responding to my request. I am wishing everyone stay healthy and well.

Ludmila Georgievna
Contact phone:
+7 (812) 352-96-72

Bill for the donor search in Germany

Update as of February 3, 2010. Ludmila finished a course of Dacogen and will start the second one in a week. She takes antibiotics and Mycosyst at 150 mg dosage. Please help Ludmila with buying Mycosyst.

Update as of March 26, 2010. Ludmila is at home and she feels rather well. The donor search is practically over and we now need to raise money urgently to pay off Lyudmila's debt to the registry and perform transplantation on schedule.

Update as of April 16, 2010. A donor for Ludmila was found. Transplantation was scheduled for May 21. We are announcing an urgent fundraising to pay off Ludmila's debt to Morsch registry. We need to pay 9,700 euros for the transplant and 2,500 euros for its delivery.

Update as of May 27, 2010. Transplantation took place on May 19th. Ludmila is now in cytopenia and feels relatively well. She was prescribed Vfend to prevent infectious complications.

Update as of June 10, 2010. On May 20th Luda underwent bone marrow transplantation. She is currently in the hospital in a satisfactory condition. Luda receives therapy. After some time, she will be allowed to live at home and come to the clinic for examination. We are very grateful to all the people who have helped us.
Luda's daughter

Update as of August 2, 2010. My mom is now at home. Twice a week she goes for blood tests and to see a doctor. She is in a satisfactory condition. My mom still needs to take Vfend. We are very grateful to everyone who responded to our request for help, and to all the volunteers of AdVita fund.
Ludmila's daughter

Update as of September 8, 2010. My mother is currently continuing therapy with Vfend (200 ml). She is now at home and goes to the clinic once a week. She feels well overall. We are very grateful to AdVita fund.
Margarita Krasikova, Lyudmila's daughter

Update as of September 22, 2010. Lyudmila is still monitored as an outpatient. She feels well. Based on test results, Vfend was replaced by Mycosyst. She is in remission in regards to primary diagnosis.

Update as of September 24, 2010. Due to long-term therapy with immunosuppressive drugs, my mom developed toxic polyneuropathy with numbness in her feet. She was prescribed Berlithion, nueromultivit and Thioctacid. She feels well now and her blood counts are normal. Thank you very much for helping us to buy medications!
Margarita, Lyudmila's daughter

Update as of October 30, 2010. At the Expert Commission I was given 3rd disability group that allows holding a job. However, I still cannot go outside by myself, as I get dizzy and my feet feel numb as before. My blood counts recovered: hemoglobin 123, and chimerism is 95%. CT of lungs showed that fungal lesions are gone.
Lyudmila

Update as of January 31, 2012. During planned tests, Lyudmila was diagnosed with insufficient transplant function. She needs donor's lymphocyte infusion. Infusion was scheduled for February 24th. We urgently need to raise 2,500 euros for delivery of transplant.

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