Needed: Stem Cell / Bone Marrow Donors - Age 18 - 60! Join Team Jo and Friends and give hope to someone looking for a life-saving match! The process is much easier than you might think!!
Step 1: Register on-line with "Be the Match" National Marrow Donor Program (or your country's registry) by going to www.teamjoandfriends.blogspot.com "Joining the Registry" is PAIN-FREE and so EASY! All it takes is a swab of your cheek!
Step 2: Your tissue typing takes about 6 weeks. You then receive a congratulatory letter from "Be the Match" (or your country's registry) with your official Bone Marrow Registry donor code.
Step 3: If your tissue typing matches a patient in need of a stem cell / bone marrow transplant, you will be contacted by "Be the Match" (or your country's registry). This could happen next month, next year, 10 years down the road or never.
Step 4: If you are a match, you will be asked to donate in one of two ways. Most commonly, stem cells are collected from the donor's bloodstream similar to donating blood! No surgery, no sedation! The traditional and now less common procedure uses a syringe under sedation to extract liquid bone marrow from the pelvic bone. The level of discomfort is considered to be minor. The reward is you could possibly save a life!
There is no cost to the donor to donate. All costs are covered by the patient's insurance or "Be the Match" (or your country's registry).
Patients all over the world are hoping to find a life saving match. It could be you!
Don't wait! Register today!
http://www.teamjoandfriends.blogspot.com/
Thank you from your team captains -
Jo Thompson Szymanski (stem cell transplant survivor)
and Carol Morris (caregiver/friend)
P.S. Please feel free to share this info in any way you feel appropriate - facebook, newsletter, family, friends, etc. Thanks.
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| "Triplet Mom and Dad" / registered donors David & BeLynda show how easy the swab test is! |
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