I had 4 cycles of DVRD. I think the rest period was about 4 weeks m. But during that time I was very busy getting all of the prep tests, port, and prep injections. I am sure the time frame has some variability depending on bed availability. Hope that helps.

My rest period should have been 4 weeks but turned into 8 weeks because of some urgent oral surgery. That had to heal prior to SCT.

CarolDFisher, what was the "conditioning" chemo that they gave you and had u got any troubles with it?

Depends on your regimen. UAMS does stem cell transplant first thing, and I had what they call “conditioning” chemo and then immediately after that, big doses of Neupogen/Granix to stimulate stem cell production then the harvest. Since my bone marrow had not been damaged by a lot of previous chemo, I collected very quickly and easily. Two 2.5 hr sessions and I had 50 million cells. They called me a “Supercollector”!😃