In Alex’s cancer thread, many people told cancer to fuck off. I’d like to think that every little thing we try to do against it can help, so I thought we could share a few ideas. Mine is:
Get registered as a bone marrow donor.
A bone marrow (or these days, usually a PBSC*) transplant is a treatment, often of last resort, against leukaemia a.k.a. blood cancer a.k.a. what killed Alex.
Those patients whose therapies have not been effective depend on matching volunteer donors to receive potentially life-saving transplants. The search for that donor is a typical needle-in-a-haystack problem because their genes (in oversimplified terms) have to match those of the patient so precisely. And they must of course be registered as a donor.
That’s where we, the FinalGear community, come in. I urge and implore you to get registered! It’s an extremely simple process for you and in case your “genetic twin” does need a transplant, your data is in the system and you can be found. If and when more detailed tests show that you are indeed the best available donor, you will be asked to donate either PBSC (no surgery involved) or bone marrow. It’s one of the very few organ donations that living people can make.
For more information such as registration and the donor databases in your countries, please visit https://swabtheworld.com/
The bigger those databases are, the more patients get a second chance. YOU can make a difference!
* https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_stem_cell_transplantation
Get registered as a bone marrow donor.
A bone marrow (or these days, usually a PBSC*) transplant is a treatment, often of last resort, against leukaemia a.k.a. blood cancer a.k.a. what killed Alex.
Those patients whose therapies have not been effective depend on matching volunteer donors to receive potentially life-saving transplants. The search for that donor is a typical needle-in-a-haystack problem because their genes (in oversimplified terms) have to match those of the patient so precisely. And they must of course be registered as a donor.
That’s where we, the FinalGear community, come in. I urge and implore you to get registered! It’s an extremely simple process for you and in case your “genetic twin” does need a transplant, your data is in the system and you can be found. If and when more detailed tests show that you are indeed the best available donor, you will be asked to donate either PBSC (no surgery involved) or bone marrow. It’s one of the very few organ donations that living people can make.
For more information such as registration and the donor databases in your countries, please visit https://swabtheworld.com/
The bigger those databases are, the more patients get a second chance. YOU can make a difference!
* https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_stem_cell_transplantation