Bone Marrow Donation Sign-up Thread. For Mr Lisad!!!!! Please keep bumped!!!!

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For those who have seen the thread today. Mr Lisad123 (who is also Misdee's bil) has been diagnosed with chronic leukaemia.

I think we need another MN donation mission. Is everyone on the bone marrow donation register? I know we all signed up for the organ donor register when Misdee's Peter was needing a transplant, but the bone marrow donation register is separate.

My DH donated his bone marrow last month to a lady in the UK with chronic leukamia and she is doing well.

I hope everyone will join and make sure they get their blood tissue-typed to see if they are a match. All people between 18-40 years old are considered. Young men in this age group are especially useful due to a high concentration of stem cells in the bone marrow.

Details on:-

Anthony Nolan Trust

or for those in Wales:-

Welsh Blood Service

Please sign up and please keep this thread bumped because I'm away from PC all evening today.

Jeez - I'm too old! Can't believe that, I'm only 41. Have I read that correctly do you really need to be between 18-40 to donate?

Positive thoughts to Lisad's dh.

there are two ways wannabe from what I remember when I joined up, one of which doesn't require a GA.

no, you just need to be under 40 to register. i think it is because it costs quite a lot of money to recruit donors and so they want their money's worth, which is why they put an age limit on registration.

I am so sorry I can't donate. I am on the register as far as I know (I wiggled the scales a bit to reach the threshold!) but I am pregnant so that counts me out. I hope you get a donor really soon.

could Darren's half brother be a match? I am not sure how these thing work, but Darren only has a half brother, not a full sibling

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I can't donate as fail the medical criteria.

Bumping for others.

I can't as BabyG is too young. Does having a transfusion stop you, for future reference?

So sorry to hear this lisad

i am so sorry

i cannot donate due to past medical history but another bump

bump for evening crew

Wish i could, have just looked into it, but due to gall stones and possible chrons disease, im not allowed.

If anyone can, I urge them to.

bumping you - DH and I both on it

I'm on, have been for years

Bumping. Not wanted on register myself (tried to get on when BF's DH underwent similar) but regularly nag other people...

another bump

sorry to read about your distresing news.how awful.have you been offered counselling (for family and Mr LisaD)

just try take things as they happen
life is so unfair

take care

oh god how awful
i cant donate buyt dh is on the register

Already on register.

Bump.

I can not donate as dd only 19 weeks.

DH is on the register already.

I once did a sponsered absail for the Anthony Nolan trust, a vital charity.

Bumping for you.

I've been registered with the Welsh Blood Service for years - I assume Anthony Nolan check this register too?

Hope a match is found quickly.

xx

The list of things that mean you can't donate is huge isn't it? I can't - BMI too high and when they are adults neither dd1 or dd2 will be able to either because of already existing medical conditions.

I think that is why they struggle to recruit donors to be honest NorthernLurker. Out of 4 of us who tried to register, I was the only one who could.

Also they are very short of people from non-white british (as there are loads of different types of marrow and the match is related to your ethnicity)

the register won't accept me because of medical condition, but have made a £ donation. hope there is a match for your dh.

I can't as I'm not heavy enough plus some of the medical stuff too.

But I will try and persuade DH to register he's black African so I should imagine a "rarer" one. Looking at the list he should be able to.