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Are you on the Bone Marrow Registry?
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:39 pm
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:39 pm
It's free to persons under 45 yoa. It really could save a life. All it takes is a swab of your cheeks. No doctor's visit.
Be the Match
Do it for our Bay-bays.
Be the Match
Do it for our Bay-bays.This post was edited on 11/21/16 at 8:46 pm
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Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:48 pm to Btrtigerfan
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When you are taken into the operating room, you will be placed on your stomach. A special needle is placed through the skin into the marrow cavity of the hipbone, where stem cells and blood are aspirated. Two or three skin punctures are made on each rear hipbone. Although the punctures will not show, there are bone punctures underneath the skin. To obtain rich marrow, many small aspirations must be done. Once the procedure is finished, a bandage is placed over the needle marks to protect them. About 1 to 2 quarts of bone marrow are collected during the harvest procedure.
Looks like a real pain in the rear
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:50 pm to Btrtigerfan
Doesn't that hurt like hell?
Eta. Yeah, just read down. Nope.
So they put you to sleep or dope you up? So many important questions. I could use a good sleep.
Cost $100 to join...
Eta. Yeah, just read down. Nope.
So they put you to sleep or dope you up? So many important questions. I could use a good sleep.
Cost $100 to join...
This post was edited on 11/21/16 at 6:55 pm
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:52 pm to Titus Pullo
I might need a transplant someday, so I hope there's a lot of donors.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:53 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Well I'd do it for someone I knew. I might even break you off some marrow, but I will wait til then.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:54 pm to VOLcano
Sedation is given.
Hammer isn't used much anymore. Drill is used now.
Hammer isn't used much anymore. Drill is used now.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:54 pm to Btrtigerfan
True boring story:
I was a match for someone a few years ago and had to go back for some follow-up tests. Was prepped and ready to go to a hospital in Carolina somewhere and they called and told me it was no longer necessary. It was kind of a downer cause I figured what happened. But I'd suggest everybody sign up, you could save someone's life and it's an excuse to eat steak for a couple weeks.
I was a match for someone a few years ago and had to go back for some follow-up tests. Was prepped and ready to go to a hospital in Carolina somewhere and they called and told me it was no longer necessary. It was kind of a downer cause I figured what happened. But I'd suggest everybody sign up, you could save someone's life and it's an excuse to eat steak for a couple weeks.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:56 pm to Titus Pullo
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Doesn't that hurt like hell?
Yeah it's unpleasant, but I'd be willing to bet it's less unpleasant than dying, so considerate it a win for humanity. And you can eat steak, which is paid for by donors (usually).
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:57 pm to LucasP
So that's where the $100 goes...to buying other people steaks?
I would do it for friends and family and for the sedation, but not paying $100 to have this hanging over my head everyday. Nope, no way, jose. That's a lot of pressuree, what if the vattery in my pager dies or I don't have change for the pay phone?
I would do it for friends and family and for the sedation, but not paying $100 to have this hanging over my head everyday. Nope, no way, jose. That's a lot of pressuree, what if the vattery in my pager dies or I don't have change for the pay phone?
This post was edited on 11/21/16 at 6:59 pm
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:58 pm to Titus Pullo
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Well I'd do it for someone I knew. I might even break you off some marrow, but I will wait til then.
I have CLL, so if normal cancer treatments don't work I'll have to have one. Not that far along yet though
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:58 pm to Titus Pullo
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So that's where the $100 goes...
It's $100 for persons older than 44. Free if you're younger.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:59 pm to Titus Pullo
I'm on the registery and didn't pay $100...
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:59 pm to Btrtigerfan
Oh I should have kept reading.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 7:00 pm to Golfer
You're not getting any steaks either.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 7:02 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Yeah I remembered that you had a type of Leukemia.
Hopefully you will not have to do that.
Donating can't be as bad as donating a kidney or a lung or whatever and I would do that tomorrow if someone I knew needed one.
Edit. Actually it appears I'm almost out of the targeted age range of 18-44.
Hopefully you will not have to do that.
Donating can't be as bad as donating a kidney or a lung or whatever and I would do that tomorrow if someone I knew needed one.
Edit. Actually it appears I'm almost out of the targeted age range of 18-44.
This post was edited on 11/21/16 at 7:04 pm
Posted on 11/21/16 at 7:05 pm to TypoKnig
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Sedation is given.
Hammer isn't used much anymore. Drill is used now.
I know, I have been in the OR when they have harvested it, just thought I would spice up the thread
Posted on 11/21/16 at 7:08 pm to TypoKnig
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Hammer isn't used much anymore. Drill is used now.
6 one way...
half dozen the other...
Posted on 11/21/16 at 7:16 pm to brass2mouth
The odds of being chosen are slim. I never really gave the procedure as much thought as you guys have. I was more motivated by giving a family a little hope.
Eh. Let your own conscience be your guide.
Eh. Let your own conscience be your guide.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 7:20 pm to Btrtigerfan
I had a friend of mine die from a blood cancer. Decided to register then and there. The process was free and easy. They send you the packet, you swab your cheek, and you send it back.
ETA: there are two ways to get marrow. The traditional one is the one above, but the newer one just involves getting an IV placed and sitting on a dialysis type machine for a few hours.
ETA: there are two ways to get marrow. The traditional one is the one above, but the newer one just involves getting an IV placed and sitting on a dialysis type machine for a few hours.
This post was edited on 11/21/16 at 7:22 pm
Posted on 11/21/16 at 7:25 pm to Btrtigerfan
Tried to be a match for my sister so yeah, I am registered and ready. Also over 45.
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