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*
Okay, this is HUMOR, ok?
I was just thinking that if your question was put to a Battlestar Gallactica fan last night, say around...7:30, what kind of replies you might have received?
Maybe its just me, but I find that scenario hilarious, considering how long we waited for that finale.
Would I have missed it to save a life? I....I'll get back to ya...
"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." Yikes! I didn't know that! Scary!
I'm surprised the marrow registry isn't international. I just assumed if I was on a marrow registry, any doctor in the world would have access to that registry. Not so?