Posted on 04/29/2013 5:45:55 PM PDT by expat1000
A 21-year-old man has made a decision to give up his career in order to save the life of a cancer patient.
The University of New Hampshire student has been called a hero after he decided to end his track and field career early so he can donate bone marrow to a man with leukemia who has never seen before.
Cameron Lyle, of Plaistow, New Hampshire registered as a bone marrow donor, along with the rest of his teammates, two years ago, when he was a sophomore. At that point, the group was told that the odds to be a match to someone who is not a family member is “one in five million," Lyle said.
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wow ~!
many many extra brownie points with the man upstairs for him.
Why would you not be able to run after donating some bone marrow?
THIS athlete has courage.
Lyle faced a tough decision, because if he decided to donate his bone marrow then he would not be able to continue playing. After the surgery, he will not be able to lift anything more than 20 pounds. On the other hand he could save a man’s life, but their is no time to wait.Apparently, since he's a senior, that restriction will keep him out of track and field competition for the rest of his college career. I don't know for how long he'd be under that restriction.
of course he could. its a temporary blip
me too
Well good for him, I hear donating bone marrow is very painful as well. And to throw away his hobby, career, whatever to do it is inspiring. Think if everyone on Earth did one selfless act like this during their life.
I’ve actually worried about this. I doubt if I could help anyone in my state but they have nothing to worry about, because everyone’s DNA matches here.
I am reminded of the movie, “Seven Pounds” with Will Smith. My daughter rented it once. I was astonished at how it came together at the end. Don’t watch many movies, so maybe I’m too easily impressed.
Some good news to read about as opposed to gay NBA players, Obama’s friends fighting over chemical weapons in Syria, and gun control nonsense..
OK, time for us to issue a challenge to the rest of FReeperdom.
Step up to the plate, FReepers.
But seriously, I read somewhere that there are new techniques where they don’t have to drill bone, but cause your body to produce more bone marrow stem cells, which is then filtered from blood. Maybe that’s still traumatic?
Thank you. Doing so.
Nice, and fitting, to see the Amitayus statue at the Buddha Grove link there.
The “old way” isn’t that bad. You get a local and get a needle inserted into the crest of the hip bone. You’re sore for a few days. No big deal, except to the recipient. You’ve hurt worse, say , the day after you start working out after a hiatus. The worst part of the donation is seeing the needle. Its a big’un
What a great story - thanks for posting. My wife received a “mini-transplant†from a perfect match last July. She had relapsed with AML and was told that the transplant was her only option. She is doing well today with no signs of the leukemia. Her doctor calls my wife his “poster-child†for mini-transplants. If the young man from Texas wishes for us to meet him, he will let us know after the one year anniversary of the transplant. I have a tremendous respect for any and all who give of themselves so that others can live. My wife has seen the birth of two granddaughters that she would otherwise have not seen but for the selflessness of her donor. God Bless!
A guy running track at New Hampshire does not have a “career” in track and field. To him, it’s more of a hobby.
He is a bone marrow donor who happens to participate in track and field.
God Bless this guy for doing this, I’m sure the family is relieved and has hope that the patient will survive.
I did that for my sister in 2004, you have to get shots for 3 days before the donation and then it takes about 8 hours for them to get the stem cells out.
They hook you up like you’re donating blood(needle in each hand) but they take the stem cells out and then put the blood back. You can’t move for 8 hours and if you have to go to the bathroom they close a curtain around you and you are supposed to not move your hands.
It can hurt and cause pain in your joints and large flat bones, I had no pain at all.
I had trouble after 4 hours and blew out 3 veins and was told to come back the next day, they called and said they had about a million more of my cells then they needed, they need several million and they had gotten more than that.
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