Join the Bone Marrow Donor Registry, I need your help.
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[QUOTE=bohb;31066711]Uh, wrong. First, do you have any idea how dangerous it is to get bone marrow into the blood? Why do you think so many people get strokes, heart attacks, embolisms or other horrible things from bone marrow creating clots being released from broken long bones? If you want to turn someone into a vegetable, paraplegic or have them toes up in the morgue, you can pump all of the marrow into their bloodstream you want.
Donating marrow is [I]surgery[/I] and you only get it through surgery.
[release]Donating bone marrow
Q: What is the bone marrow donation process like?
A: Marrow donation is a surgical procedure that takes place in an operating room. The donation will be scheduled at a hospital that partners with the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP). In some cases, the hospital may be near your home. In other cases, you may be asked to travel. We will guide you through the process and be available the day of your marrow donation.
Hospital Stay: You will arrive at the hospital outpatient facility on the day of the donation. You will stay in the hospital usually from early morning to late afternoon, though some hospitals routinely plan for an overnight hospital stay.
Anesthesia: You will be given anesthesia to block the pain during the marrow donation. If general anesthesia is used, you will be unconscious during the donation. If you receive regional anesthesia (either spinal or epidural), medication will block sensation in the affected area, but you will remain aware of your surroundings. General anesthesia is used for about 75% of NMDP marrow donors.
Donation: During the marrow donation, you will be lying on your stomach. While the donation varies slightly from hospital to hospital, generally, the doctors make several (typically one to four) small incisions through the skin over the back of the pelvic bones. The incisions are less than one-fourth inch long and do not require stitches. The doctors will insert a special hollow needle through these incisions over the rear of the pelvic bone. A syringe is attached to the needle to draw out the marrow.
Recovery: Hospital staff will watch you closely until the anesthesia wears off, and continue to monitor your condition afterwards. Most donors go home the same day or the next morning. After you leave the hospital, we will contact you on a regular basis to ask about your physical condition and any side effects you are experiencing. [/release]
It's not pain free or risk free. You risk permanent damage to nerves or muscles if you get a botched surgery, or worse. I understand the OPs friend is in dire straits, but lying about bone marrow transplants isn't going to get more people involved.[/QUOTE]
You're not only implying that he's blatantly lying, but you're also assuming everyone else is stupid and thinks that anesthesia means no pain, all in one go.
There are two options when it comes to donations, which is a marrow donation and a PBSC donation.
[release][B]PBSC donation[/B] is a nonsurgical procedure that takes place at a blood center or outpatient hospital unit. For 5 days leading up to donation, you will be given injections of a drug called filgrastim to increase the number of blood-forming cells in your bloodstream. Your blood is then removed through a needle in one arm and passed through a machine that separates out the blood-forming cells. The remaining blood is returned to you through the other arm. Your blood-forming cells are back to their normal levels within 4 to 6 weeks.[/release]
Both routines are going to leave you with discomfort, just as anything involving injection or donation would. Nobody here is stupid enough to believe it's a pain free instant happy day for everyone.
Secondly, you're throwing about the risk of 'botched' surgery as if it's something to be expected. They don't wheel you into an alleyway and cut your pelvic bone out, the entire procedure is monitored, from the screenings you go through beforehand, the information sessions they welcome you to after that, and through the procedure itself. They even keep tabs on you until you are able to return to your normal routines.
Is it risky? In ways, yes, but in any procedure, either through a donation to help someone else, or a procedure for your own sake, there's always risks. Are they prevalent enough to warrant scaring people? I'm no doctor, but the fact that they are willing to go through all this screening and information giving leads me to believe that they know what they are doing.
It's never a bad idea to offer your services as a donor of some form. I donated plasma twice a week for months, only stopping because I moved away from the center I went to. It's a chance to make a difference without putting in a terribly huge amount of effort, and it really can change someone's life for the better.
[QUOTE=Nichole;31044693]I HAVE JOINED THE BONE MARROW DONOR REGISTRY! :3:
BLOOD TYPE: O-[/QUOTE]
There's like at least 11 different antigen patterns that have to match up aside from the blood type; saying your blood type is pretty irrelevant.
[editline]12th July 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=bohb;31066711]
It's not pain free or risk free. You risk permanent damage to nerves or muscles if you get a botched surgery, or worse. I understand the OPs friend is in dire straits, but lying about bone marrow transplants isn't going to get more people involved.[/QUOTE]
Yeah you're completely fucking wrong, it's just stems cells they harvest.
[QUOTE=Tigster;31075852]words.[/QUOTE]
I hate people that don't read my posts and make ignorant replies. Read the post I quoted, he said the process was "painless", not me.
[QUOTE=Captain Bald;31075939]Yeah you're completely fucking wrong, it's just stems cells they harvest.[/QUOTE]
Haha, by calling me wrong, you're saying the national registry for bone marrow is wrong, OK.
Two of my aunts had cancer, and they both had marrow transplants, I know how it works, you seem not to.
[QUOTE=bohb;31076118]Haha, by calling me wrong, you're saying the national registry for bone marrow is wrong, OK.
Two of my aunts had cancer, and they both had marrow transplants, I know how it works, you seem not to.[/QUOTE]
I was very involved with the bone marrow registry in my area, my girlfriend at the time was a volunteer, and her dad was the recipient of a transplant. I know the donor very well. She didn't have a damn surgery. Those are very rare now.
All of these people are also doctors.
[QUOTE=bohb;31076118]I hate people that don't read my posts and make ignorant replies. Read the post I quoted, he said the process was "painless", not me.[/QUOTE]
What are you talking about, I'm commenting on the fact that you are making it into this horribly risky, painful procedure, That's pretty much the point of your entire post.
I'm fairly sure you can sign up for the register despite being under 18, they'll store you on a register and when you're 18 you'll be available to donate. That's what happened for me.
[QUOTE=Tigster;31076316]What are you talking about, I'm commenting on the fact that you are making it into this horribly risky, painful procedure, That's pretty much the point of your entire post.[/QUOTE]
Because extracting bone marrow from bones IS a risky procedure, as is all surgery under anaesthesia.
You guys are mixing up two completely different procedures and calling them the same thing.
PBSC donation =! bone marrow transplant.
[QUOTE=bohb;31076354]You guys are mixing up two completely different procedures and calling them the same thing.
PBSC donation =! bone marrow transplant.[/QUOTE]
I'm fully aware that there are two procedures, that's what my post was about. I even went on to say that regardless of which procedure you go through, you're going to experience discomfort.
[QUOTE=bohb;31076354]You guys are mixing up two completely different procedures and calling them the same thing.
PBSC donation =! bone marrow transplant.[/QUOTE]
No we're not mixing it up at all, we're on the same page. We're not talking about the transplant, we're talking about whether the donation is a surgery or not, and it isn't.
The actual transplant is one of the most agonizing things the human body can go through. And afterword the survivor will have to deal with Graft vs Host for the rest of his/her life.
They told me I can't donate blood because I was in Germany during 1993-1998 and I may have Mad Cow Disease. I don't know, sounds like garbage.
I have O pos
Answer this
[QUOTE=firestorm0;31041350]What is her blood type?[/QUOTE]
I wish i was of age and bloodtype and would have the chance to donate..
I hope your friend gets better !
Whats her blood type ? naming it will give people with the same type a chance to directly sign up knowing they can save her :)
[QUOTE=Nikolai;31079118]Whats her blood type ? naming it will give people with the same type a chance to directly sign up knowing they can save her :)[/QUOTE]
It's a registry, unless they're like in the same town or something with perfect matches on all 11 traits (like my ex's dad and his sister), then it's mostly randomized. People should really sign up anyway, it's saving lives for real. Even if it's not hers specifically.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;31040612]A Canadian man was charged not that long ago because he lied on his blood donation form. I'm not risking my future to donate blood or marrow.
[editline]10th July 2011[/editline]
In Canada men who have had sex with men since 1977 are banned from donating blood for life, although they are currently reconsidering it.[/QUOTE]
dont blame them
the gays got the aids
I hope your friend can find a match :frown:
Next year when I turn 18 I'll be sure to sign up.
My friend is currently doing the GET10 campaign run by Anthony Nolan. I suggest everyone try it if they are going to university in September because you'd get alot of people helping you.
[url]http://www.anthonynolan.org/What-you-can-do/Grow-the-register/GET10.aspx[/url]
I spat in that shit instantly. I don't see why anyone wouldn't want to. Actually looking forward to me being found as a match for someone.
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Isn't donating bone marrow really, really painfull?
[QUOTE=mr apple;31088484]Isn't donating bone marrow really, really painfull?[/QUOTE]
Donating it isn't, there's two methods. One is they inject you with this chemical that increases stem cell production and after 4 injections they hook you up to a machine that filters it out of your blood. The only side-effects of that method is that you might develop flu like symptoms but they pass quickly.
The second method is probably what you're imagining. You get the stem cells taken directly from your pelvic bone with a needle. However you are put under general anaesthetic during this procedure so the only pain you'll feel is some bruising and back discomfort for a few days afterwards.
Either one sounds painfull.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;31040612]A Canadian man was charged not that long ago because he lied on his blood donation form. I'm not risking my future to donate blood or marrow.
[editline]10th July 2011[/editline]
In Canada men who have had sex with men since 1977 are banned from donating blood for life, although they are currently reconsidering it.[/QUOTE]
In school we watched a fucking made in 2010 or some shit video about AIDS and throughout the entire vid the chick emphasized the word [i] gays [/i] :sigh:
[QUOTE=Penguiin;31038538]I'm too much of a pussy to give bone marrow (needles and shit really creep me out, esp with bones involved), but I will make sure to donate some blood or plasma next time I have a chance.[/QUOTE]
you kinda use needles for that too
[QUOTE=Murkat;31096895]you kinda use needles for that too[/QUOTE]
The needles used for getting bone marrow are much worse than the ones used for blood
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