Can't comment on a lot of this. Just want to say that harvesting your own blood then transfusing back "low oxygen blood" is not really a problem. The red blood cells have 4 oxygen binding sites on them. When we breathe in the oxygen then goes into the blood and attaches to the red blood cells . As the blood circulates in the body the oxygen unbinds from the red cells and is utilised where it is needed. The deoxygenated blood then picks up more oxygen from the lungs again. Transfusing red cells gives your body more oxygen carrying capacity, but they will only attract and bind to oxygen once they have been transfused into you. This also depends on how good your lung function is and whether you have the capacity to take in oxygen with each breath. Once the red blood cells are in you they will pick up the oxygen, so I would not discount this process .
Tammy

Caregiver/advocate to Husband Kris age 59@ diagnosis
DX Dec '10 SCC BOT T4aN2bM0 HPV+ve.Cisplatin x3 35 IMRT.
PET 6/11 clear.
R) level 2-4 neck dissection 8/1/11 to remove residual node - necrotic with NED
Feb '12 Ca back.. 3/8/12 total glossectomy/laryngectomy/bilat neck dissection/partial pharyngectomy etc. clear margins. All nodes negative for disease. PEG in.
March 2017 - 5 years disease free. Woohoo!