Your doctor may recommend that you undergo a stem cell transplant if you’ve been diagnosed with a blood cancer, such as leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma or myelodysplastic syndrome — or even a bone marrow failure syndrome such as aplastic anemia.

This procedure replaces blood cells that have been damaged by cancer or chemotherapy with healthy cells. But before you move forward with a stem cell transplant...

Cancer patients usually have to make some lifestyle adjustments to accommodate their treatment. That could mean anything from taking time off to recover from surgery to waking up early to get to chemotherapy infusions before heading in to work. 

Everyone’s accommodations will look a little different, depending on the type of cancer they have, how advanced it is and their individual treatment plan. 

But what if...