Patient Experience
Just got home from my BMT at Nanavati. The surgery itself was the easy part, honestly. The recovery is rough. Dr. Rujuta and her team were on it with the pain meds, checking in constantly to adjust things so I wasn't just miserable. It's a long road, but I felt like they were walking it with me, not just watching from the door.
Our 8-year-old was diagnosed and we were terrified. From the first meeting, Dr. Rujuta spoke directly to our son, not just us. She explained his transplant in ways he could grasp, which calmed him down more than anything we said. There were scary nights in the hospital, but she was always reachable, even for what felt like silly questions. Seeing our boy laugh again post-transplant, that's because of her care and the whole team's patience.
Had my bone marrow transplant with Dr. Rujuta. She's direct, tells you how it is, no sugarcoating. I liked that. The hospital's good, parking's a nightmare though. She knew her stuff, the team was efficient, and I'm doing well now. Would recommend.
I remember sitting in Dr. Rujuta's office at Nanavati, the Mumbai rain hammering the window, completely overwhelmed. The BMT process felt like a mountain. She drew diagrams on a notepad, broke it into phases—conditioning, the transplant day itself, recovery. The day of the transplant was oddly quiet; she was just there, calm, double-checking everything. There were ups and downs after—a fever that spiked one night, the fatigue—but her approach never changed: factual, prepared, steady. I'm a year out now, and when I think back, it's that steadiness that got me through.