The SisterShrug. It's her right.
I haven't spoken much to my younger sister since I was 10 years old, and haven't seen her in 3 years ever since I went to college.
25 years from now, I don't know if I would do this kind of surgery. I guess it depends on how close you are.
Laura Roberts and all those writing about Anna Nicole Smith and Mrs. Edwards and Spears every sneeze couldn't find real news to write about? This garbage is for or use to be for the Psssittttt level magazines. .
It is great to see that Everyone on this Thread has signed an Organ Donor Card.
Donating boner marrow is not that big a deal. She'd have a little pain in her lower back for a few days and would regrow all her marrow in 4-6 weeks.
That is really cold. What a loser.
The SisterOn this topic, I will never understand why healthy people avoid donating blood. I know and respect religious objections but for the rest of us, a few minutes of very minor and transitory discomfort is a really good trade to save lives. A simple check off on my drivers' license and I am an organ donor but it is also necessary to let your family know you've made this election.
Sermon over now.
Whatcha wanna bet that she's got HIV or other chronic disease?
is donating bone marrow particularly painful? long recovery process?
Talk about cheapening the language, and the qualities that make us human.
Hard to tell who is the more selfish here. Seriously.
The lifesaving act of donation is, or should be, one of love, not of intimidation, even among strangers; never mind family.
I shall say no more than that, not knowing more specifics.
This kind of dirty laundry from a family that has obviously had its problems should not be in the news. Although I feel bad for the guy with cancer, it is his sister's choice to not donate her marrow, and he should not be putting this kind of public pressure on her.
I bet she has some kind of Blood disorder.
I think the writer spun the story to sensationalize the issue and that there is more to the story.
Please enroll in the National Bone Marrow Donor Program.
The life you save may be a Freeper! In fact, I received an bone marrow transplant from the NBMDP on November 26, 1991!
http://www.marrow.org/
The guy sounds like an ass to me.
I'm glad my siblings are not asses; and I hope to not be an ass to them.
(My oldest sister has four kidneys--we call her our kidney bank. I think I'll send her some See's.)
I’m on the national donor registry. I get letters periodically asking if I’m still willing and able to donate. If called to donate I’ll do it, but I’ll be scared to death.
Regards,
Rubber_Nose
She is under no obligation to risk her own life or health.
I went through a battery of tests to see if I could donate a part of my liver to my infant son before his liver transplant. One of the things I had to do was talk to a doctor that was not part of the liver transplant team to make sure I was freely willing to donate and not doing it under any sort of duress. If the system in the UK is anything like that here in the USA then his sister wouldn't be allow to donate now.
I volunteer to be tested for compatability to donate and, if compatable, will do so. Dunno how to get in touch with this guy or the competent authorities in the UK: wouldn't mind finding out. Anyone here know?
Serious offer. I think everyone should consider registering as a matter of good Citizenship.
In NZ getting onto the local Registry is a bit of a trick due to funding: that said, I was fully tested by Red Cross in Canada and still have those records somewhere.
Donating bone marrow is not a big deal at all: for the donor it only means an overnite stay in a local hospital and almost zero risk, and a day or so's lite aches-and-pains afterward, nothing worse than playing a good game of rugby on the weekend.
Hey, you've gotta sleep somewhere overnite, why not in a comfortable Hospital for one nite in your life, while saving someone else's life at the same time? The time may come when one day you or someone you love might be on the receiving end of the IV: karma works something like that sometimes...
Back in the '90's they used to take the marrow out of your hip bone under General Anaesthetic with a rather long needle, then watch you overnite to make sure you were OK. No worries: you have more than plenty bone marrow, and it grows back quickly. Won't even notice it missing. Dunno why the General anaesthetic, probably just a matter of comfort for the donor (I'm guessing).
Who knows? -- they might even extract it under Local these days. Technology has advanced after all.
For the recipient, they need to be sure they have a good donor, because once they do their bone marrow is entirely killed off. They will die without the donation: so it is important for the donor not to "chicken out" (they always have that option). It is an irreversable decision for the recipient.
There has to be more to this story than meets the eye: frankly, I find it *incredible* that his sister won't donate: "bad blood" between 'em? It would have to be pretty bad to justify that. Even so, that sort of refusal is hard to justify at *any* level. "Cold" doesn't begin to describe it.
Leukemia is a lousy way to die.
So. Serious offer to the family of this guy: if he needs marrow and if I'm a suitable match, I will donate whatever he needs, as fast as we can make the logistical arrangements. I'm good for it and will not chicken out.
I'd do that for anyone (open offer, subject to medical safety).
In Memoriam, B.H. eldest son of a fireman and good friend of mine. Died too young. Said I'd keep the Faith and I shall.
*DieHard*
I wonder if she may have become HIV positive and doesn't want to admit it.