jesus fucking christ. That must be incredibly painful for her... send her my wishes.Yeah, she's there now. This is round 3 of 6.Don't know about the states, but in Canada you can sign up online. They send you a little package with instructions on how to swab yourself, then you send it back by mail. Super easy.
Now that I've been selected I'll have to do a bunch of other tests, of course, but the sign up was a piece of cake.
Manders, she's being admitted today for another round of chemo? Good luck to her.
She's not getting morphine, dude.I hear the best part of chemo is the morphine.
Indeed. Mom had to have a spinal tap done for diagnosing purposes at the beginning of this, and she was awake for it, and said it was one of the worst experiences she's ever had.That is the process about which I have heard.
my sister had bone marrow sampled for something when she was in college and said it hurt like a mother fucker even with IV painkillers. That said, it is certainly worth it to potentially save someone's life.
It makes sense they would be concerned about your well-being. You are sacrificing a lotAnonymous. That's one thing I found interesting about all this. If both the donor and the recipient agree to have their information shared, they'll do that, but only after at least a year. I assume that's to avoid the donor getting too wrapped up in the process. Judging by the info they gave me, they seem quite concerned about my well-being after the fact, dealing with a possible failure etc.
for someone you know nothing about, but that needs your help.
yeah that actually seems pretty reasonable. I wouldn't want to meet the perosn I donated to if I did, because I would feel bad if they felt like they owed me something.Second both of these, but you can take solace in knowing that you did everything in your power to help a human being.I can't imagine the stress of giving someone bone marrow, and then it being rejected, or them dying anwyay.
yeah, I certainly will find out where I can sign up for the registry soon.
