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babrabab 1 month ago


CamilaBoroto 10 months ago


iamwearingpants 10 months ago


Being Bryn

Being Bryn 2 years ago


Being BrynI've signed up.

I’ll get a kit from them in the next couple of weeks! 11 months ago


Bigmighty 12 months ago


KpascalsAww..

So I have to wait until November until I can register. I need to be 18 before I sign up apparently!
Until then I’ll just sign up to be a blood donor and start giving blood. c: 12 months ago


Kpascals 12 months ago


latentlex 15 months ago


SheLoves126Do it NOW

I don’t remember where I learned about the marrow registry, but I signed up immediately at marrow.org, on March 13th 2010. It was a mildly lengthy survey. I received my buccal swabs in the mail and immediately sent it back. I never received a phone call notifying me of being a match, and I had long forgot about it.

On March 13th 2012 (EXACTLY 2 years after I registered) I received a phone call from a marrow-registry company saying I was identified as a possible match for a patient with non-hodgkins lymphoma. She sent me a brief application, and I faxed it back. The survey was similar to the one I filled out to join the registry, and resembled a blood donor application. Questions about your health, travel history, etc.

The next day I received another call saying my paperwork checked out fine. They made me an appointment at a lab in my city for the following week, to go and have my blood drawn. This blood test will determine if I am a suitable match for this patient. Unfortunately, there is usually only an 8% chance. I am trying to keep my hopes up and hope that my HLA is a good match and I can go ahead and donate. I will know within about 60 days.

I urge you, register. People are dying who don’t have to. So many more people could live, or at least have many more years with their family if more people were on the registry. It is especially important for minorities and people of mixed descent, especially half asian individuals.
Please register. You never know whose life you may be able to save. 15 months ago


SheLoves126 15 months ago


latentlexWanted to do it for at least half a decade...

And couldn’t because of clinical depression. They make you wait 5 years after your last so-called depressive episode. I think that’s a little nuts when people are dying, but I got my Buccal swab kit in the mail today. So I will fill everything out and return soon. YAY! 15 months ago


AliWax 15 months ago


kpagel1442 16 months ago


tishaddams 16 months ago


EverydayFairyTrying to find the courage..

..I`ve always wanted to register but.. let`s be honest – I`m a bit of a coward. I`ve read an article recently about how the bone marrow donation proces looks like and my fear grew bigger – any kind of injections/donating blood/needles scare me to death. And I feel really ashamed that my fear prevents me from registering and (possibly) saving somebodys life. On one hand I`ve never been this close to making a decision, on the other it`s so distant… 16 months ago


the_crooked_tree 16 months ago


Roberto

Roberto 16 months ago


Emily 20 months ago


erinlySent my swabs off this morning!

Woot! Done! 17 months ago


erinly 17 months ago


erinlyI've registered online.

I registered online at marrow.org to be a bone marrow donor.

I’m awaiting the DNA swab kit that should come in the mail sometime soon!

Please note, American Express is paying the cost of processing all the people who register for matching in the month of January! 17 months ago


EverydayFairy 17 months ago


kamcm 17 months ago


alphabetadelta 18 months ago


EmilyWho knew it would be so easy?

I registered online, got the kit in the mail,just did my buccal swabs while sitting at the dining room table, and as soon as I mail off the envelope and receive a confirmation e-mail, I can mark this goal as complete! 18 months ago


Kiara 19 months ago


Otter 19 months ago


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