Stem Cell/ Bone Marrow Donation

[Spirit Dancer]

Have you ever considered becoming a donor?
Think of the life you could save, so many people need donors
and are unable to find a match, what if you were a match?
http://www.marrow.org/JOIN/Join_Now/join_now.html

[Andrew, Jr.]

Thank you Spirit Dancer for this. It is so needed. Very much so.

[Andrew, Jr.]

A cheek sample is all that is needed to do this.

[IttyBittyFem]

My "Cheek Sample" is on the waiting list. It was a piece of cake!

[Spirit Dancer]

Originally Posted by Andrew, Jr.

A cheek sample is all that is needed to do this.

Originally Posted by IttyBittyFem

My "Cheek Sample" is on the waiting list. It was a piece of cake!

Bless you both, people still believe that it's extremely painful
however it is just a cheek swab. If you match it's as simple as 4 injections and an IV to harvest the cells.
Thank you both for taking time to post.

[Spirit Dancer]

Bump just because it needs to be repeated

[WolfyOne]

This is the first time I've seen this thread and probably would have missed it had SD not bumped it. I found this so interesting that I just put it on my FB to share with my friends. Perhaps some of them will take the time to share with their friends. It would be cool if this was spread all around FB. So, if you have a FB account, it only takes a click to share it from the link SD posted.

[Spirit Dancer]

Bumping this thread up
not ever patient can donate their own stem cells
and even when they do there is still a chance
they will NOT go into remission.
Donors are desperately needed to save their lives.
Again it only takes a cheek swab

[Andrew, Jr.]

Soo much can be done with stem cells. I really believe that stem cells kept my sister alive for 3 years after being diagnosed with skin cancer, melanoma. Most die within a year of diagnosis. It was a blessing.

A ton of research is being done at NIH with new stem cells and other various cancers. In fact, there is new thinking about a breast cancer vaccine that Yale & Duke are working on.

It also helps if you have a family history of cancer, and you participate in a swab. It really will benefit so many in the end. I look at it like cord blood from newborns. Just amazing technology nowadays. We just have to look outside the box.

[chefhmboyrd]

i would be happy to donate anything that will help
i am also signed up for organ donation on my license
and i give blood as often as possible.



i just registered
be looking for my kit in the mail

[Spirit Dancer]

Originally Posted by chefhmboyrd

i would be happy to donate anything that will help
i am also signed up for organ donation on my license
and i give blood as often as possible.



i just registered
be looking for my kit in the mail

Chef
I'm so glad that you are awaiting your kit,
what a wonderful gift you are doing.
In saving another and aiding in a cure.
So I say thank you for your gift.

[SuperFemme]

i think it's amazing that you started this thread.
lives will be saved.

now i just wish i could get a spare liver.

[Spirit Dancer]

Originally Posted by SuperFemme

i think it's amazing that you started this thread.
lives will be saved.

now i just wish i could get a spare liver.

W/we are keeping you in light and healing
and know there are those who can be tested to
donate partial liver to you.
Do you need people to be tested?? let's send out an SOS
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/liver...article_em.htm

[suebee]

Originally Posted by Spirit Dancer

Bumping this thread up
not ever patient can donate their own stem cells
and even when they do there is still a chance
they will NOT go into remission.
Donors are desperately needed to save their lives.
Again it only takes a cheek swab

When I'm able to I'll certainly be putting my name on the registry. Three more years.

So, in the interest of full disclosure: folks who are interested should read the information on the link Spirit Dancer provided. All it takes to REGISTER is a cheek swab. From that they can determine if you're a match to anyone on the waiting list. Donation is a different procedure if you should be a suitable match. But it sure is worth it if you end up saving a life!

[chefhmboyrd]

Originally Posted by SuperFemme

i think it's amazing that you started this thread.
lives will be saved.

now i just wish i could get a spare liver.

if you and i get a match you are welcome to part of mine
i have been pretty good to it, for the most part.

ps..... masturbating doesn't harm the liver does it?????????/

[SuperFemme]

Originally Posted by Spirit Dancer

W/we are keeping you in light and healing
and know there are those who can be tested to
donate partial liver to you.
Do you need people to be tested?? let's send out an SOS
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/liver...article_em.htm

I was JUST having this conversation with my eldest.
I had no idea a partial liver would do.
I see the dr. this afternoon and should have a better idea of where
things stand when test results are given today.

I just might need that SOS.

[SuperFemme]

Originally Posted by chefhmboyrd

if you and i get a match you are welcome to part of mine
i have been pretty good to it, for the most part.

ps..... masturbating doesn't harm the liver does it?????????/

awww. thanks.
and i wonder if i get part of your liver if i will become a chronic masturbater too?
oh. wait.....

[Spirit Dancer]

Originally Posted by cybersuebee

When I'm able to I'll certainly be putting my name on the registry. Three more years.

So, in the interest of full disclosure: folks who are interested should read the information on the link Spirit Dancer provided. All it takes to REGISTER is a cheek swab. From that they can determine if you're a match to anyone on the waiting list. Donation is a different procedure if you should be a suitable match. But it sure is worth it if you end up saving a life!

Afternoon Cynbersuebee
The donation is actually very easy too, it only requires four daily injections to produce those wonderful little stem cells, then you're hooked up to an IV and they harvest them, it's about as painful as donating blood and is done in the same fashion as blood donation.
Now if they need the bone marrow donation that is a bit painful as they harvest from the iliac crest and it requires more. The plus side is around 95% are now done through IV harvesting. Yay for you on alomst the 3 yr mark

[SuperFemme]

Originally Posted by Spirit Dancer

Afternoon Cynbersuebee
The donation is actually very easy too, it only requires four daily injections to produce those wonderful little stem cells, then you're hooked up to an IV and they harvest them, it's about as painful as donating blood and is done in the same fashion as blood donation.
Now if they need the bone marrow donation that is a bit painful as they harvest from the iliac crest and it requires more. The plus side is around 95% are now done through IV harvesting. Yay for you on alomst the 3 yr mark

One afternoon or a few days of discomfort vs. saving a life?
That's not a hard decision to make.
Now that I know the pain that goes with the big "C"?
Even a needle in the hip bone to save somebody from that cannot compare.

[Toughy]

Yes, it's just a cheek swab to determine your HLA typing, however if you are a match it can be a very different story depending on whether it's bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells (this comes from the FAQ of marrow.org website):

Q: How are bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) donation different?

A: Donating bone marrow is a surgical procedure done under general or regional anesthesia in a hospital. While a donor receives anesthesia, doctors use needles to withdraw liquid marrow from the back of the pelvic bone.

PBSC donation is a non-surgical procedure done in an outpatient clinic. PBSC donors receive daily injections of a drug called filgrastim for five days, to increase the number of blood-forming cells in the bloodstream. Then, through a process called apheresis, a donor's blood is removed through a needle in one arm and passed through a machine that separates out the blood-forming cells. The remaining blood is returned to the donor through the other arm.