register to be a bone marrow donor

I did the cheek swabs, completed the packet and mailed it back! Not having to endure pain to get registered should be a big incentive to do this (I guess they used to have to take a sample to type you?)
I know the procedure itself for donation is painful, but at that point you know you’re helping save someone’s life.
I encourage everyone to get typed!!! Don’t wait until someone you know or love needs help. People out there now who are looking for matches are someone else’s parents, siblings, or children. www.marrow.org

I sent in my samples before the weekend. Swabbed, dated and labeled.

So now I can officially consider this goal achieved.

Now I just wait to see if anyone ever needs me. :)

So I received my official call and they are sending my package to me this week. Basically I need to swab my mouth and send the package back to them…. Then, that’s it. I just wait and see if I am ever needed.

Once I’m officially registered my bone barrow/stem cells will be included in an international group of registries and cord blood banks that transmit their monthly donor tissue typing results to Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide.

I won’t consider this done until I’ve actually sent of my package, but I am happy that I finally stopped procrastinating and got this done.

• I realize how lucky I am because in Canada it costs nothing to register to be a donor.
  www.onematch.ca

I noticed that Kat said they were having a free drive. It’s the last day, but I signed up at BeTheMatch.org/marrowthon and got registered without having to pay the $52.
So my kit should come in about a week!

Done the leg work and finally registered – now I wait for them to review my information and send me my test swab in the mail.

Once that’s all done, I’m all ready to go.

www.onematch.com

I’ve already registered, but just got word that its free to register from June 8-22. Here’s the link they sent me in the email. BeTheMatch.org/marrowthon. Hope it helps!

I just need to get off my ass and register already.

I’ve been wanting to do this for awhile, but haven’t had the extra $50 needed to get the kit. Fortunately, my school is having a Registry drive tomorrow free of charge! Now to work on my other goal of waking up at a reasonable hour…..

in the meantime i’ll just have to keep rallying my slightly older friends :)
go dooo it!! (y)

in August of 1992. In honor of a friend of mine that was one of the first human marrow transplant patients of Dr. E Donnell Thomas at The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the early ‘70s. She is a survivor due to his research and a real inspiration to all that are lucky to know her!