It was awful, but she thought she was doing the right thing, engaging in a still experimental treatment. She made a friend undergoing the same treatment for the same cancer for whom it lasted longer. I wonder what happened to her? Maybe I will try to contact her - she was very distraught when Gina died.
Just a note: both of them went for regular mani-pedis and dyed their hair often. I suspect these as causes f blood cancers and probably other cancers too. Both of them continued even after their transplants. Just thinking out loud here.