Posted on 03/26/2022 6:46:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Her only hope for full recovery is finding a perfect donor through a national system, and the Be the Match registry has stepped in to help lead donor registration drives, including one in Santa Monica on Saturday.
“It takes about five minutes of a person’s time. They fill out some information on their phone … and a swab kit will be mailed to them,” said Chris Cheng with Be the Match.
Chen said for patients like Hsu, their only chance of beating this diagnosis and surviving is with the help of the public, as there’s only about a 47% chance of finding a match for someone who is Asian in the registery.
For more information, visit the Be the Match website.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
I was diagnosed with leukemia October 18, 1990. I received a bone marrow transplant on November 26, 1991 thanks to an anonymous donor from the National Bone Marrow Registry.
I encourage everyone to sign up and get the blood work needed to be in the Registry.
I’ve been in the Registry since the mid-90s.
I’ve apparently never been a match.
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