Our transplant doctor has indicated that blood-letting or phlebotomy would be conducted in the next 2 years in order to reduce the ferritin level of my daughter after the BMT. This is the faster and most effective way to get rid of the excessive ferritin in the blood
I know a boy who is getting the same done after his BMT(successfully done in April 2000 at Vellore, India) and his Iron level not going down(the level is currently around 2500 and the doctors say it should be around 200 to 400). He is on Desferal but as his Ferritin level is going down very slowly, the doctors have mentioned that they would remove the blood from his body for the Ferritin level to go down. They said they are going to remove 250 ml every 2 months from his body.
-Narendra