Bone marrow donors needed PLEASE LOOK

[hatwoman]

It's easy for me to say - I have MS and am therefore excluded from being a donor. But we had a letter from school today about a young girl who will die within weeks if a match isn't found. Just the thought of being in her family's shoes makes me weep. I wondered if I could just promote the register a bit? no need to publicly declare on mn - no "yep signed up", I'm not asking for that - it's too big a thing for that - but just take 5 minutes to have a look and see if you might be the kind of person who could do this. and maybe a silent bump for the thread. thanks.

anthony nolan trust

I've been signed up with antony nolan since I was 18, but however, bump from me.

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much as i would love to , am excluded due to having crohns disease. but worth a bump!

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Was registered while giving blood at 18, One of the little girls who is on a lot of the leaflets from the blood service was the sister of a lad in my sister's class at school.

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Don't understand why you have to be between 18 and 40 to register, but must be prepared to be on the register until you are 60...any idea anyone?

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I think it is maybe because of the costs of doing the initial tests - I think it costs £50 to process the initial sample, so maybe they think it isnt cost effective to start with people who have less years of being a potential donor.
I've been on the register for 13 years now, I've once had to give a second blood sample but it didnt go any further than that.
I read about that little girl on the bbc website, so sad. I hope they manage to get a donor for her.

Hi, I have been giving blood for around two years now and since the birth of dd I have been considering donating bone marrow (its a shame that it takes becoming a parent to start really caring for others), anyway, your message has spurred me on to find out more and register, so thank you.