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Bone Marrow Donor

I'm thinking about being a bone marrow donor, I already give blood and I'm on the organ donor list, so it's just another way of helping people

I was reading the procedure of the transplant and it says there's two ways of doing it; when does the surgery need to be performed? It's the less common of the two ways to donate but sometimes you have to do it that way, so I was just wondering under what circumstances I'd have surgery

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Reply 1

Angry cucumber

It's related to how urgent its needed, quality etc. I've had a similar operation and it hurts for a few days but is otherwise fine.

A few days of aching to save a life is a pretty decent trade off IMO!

(I've had a BMT - www.anthonynolan.org to sign up; all you need to do is spit in a bottle)

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Reply 2

moonkatt

The surgical method isn't used as often any more, it's more likely they would use the peripheral stem cell collection method, 8/10 collections are done this way. To join the Anthony Nolan register you just have to give a saliva sample. I'll post a link up later on when I'm on the laptop about how they collect stem cells :smile:

Reply 3

IAmEchelon

This question sounds so stupid and selfish, but would it be best to wait till after my exams to join the register?

I know the chances of being pulled as a match during my exam season is slim, but there's still a chance

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