TygrBright
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Tue Mar-15-11 07:21 PM
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Are there any regional collection points for bone marrow samples from potential donors? |
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I would be willing to become a donor if needed, but my understanding is that the first step is having a sample taken (ouch!) and mapped and typed. I don't know if there are any southwestern US hospitals, Red Cross or other facilities who've put out the call.
Does anyone know if this is being done?
curiously, Bright
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Tue Mar-15-11 07:30 PM
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1. I think I read that the Europeans are already organizing... |
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I haven't heard anything here, but recall our sending many doctors to the Ukraine, post Chernobyl, so it will be a likely prospect.
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Solly Mack
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Tue Mar-15-11 08:01 PM
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2. The sample is just a swab of the cheek cells. |
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You can call your local Red Cross and ask them about their bone marrow donation program. This is the National Marrow Donor Program http://www.marrow.org/JOIN/Join_in_Person/US_Donor_Centers/dc_list_by_state.pl
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TygrBright
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Tue Mar-15-11 08:05 PM
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I admit, I sorta funked the idea of actually having a sample taken from an actual bone, but I'll suck on a Q-tip for a good cause any day.
appreciatively, Bright
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Solly Mack
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Tue Mar-15-11 08:10 PM
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4. Well...the initial swabbing is the easy part. :) |
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They determine if you can be a donor and do all the initial typing from your samples. You then go into a registry.
If you're called to be a donor it does get a little more involved.
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Tue Mar-15-11 10:44 PM
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6. That's the link to Be the Match. I joined a couple years ago |
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Edited on Tue Mar-15-11 10:45 PM by kas125
and at the time, they had a grant from someone that was paying for the testing for 250,000 people. They mail the test kit to you and all you do is take four q-tip swabs of your cheeks and mail them back. It's the tissue typing that costs money, but I can't remember now how much it was since I didn't have to pay it. Hopefully, that grant isn't used up yet!
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Tue Mar-15-11 10:04 PM
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5. I was thinking the same thing when someone posted about bone marrow hospitals |
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in europe being asked to be on standby. Then I thought - but would I be a match?
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