kanglow said:

I found out earlier today that a close friend is dying from cancer.  It's my ex girlfriend.  We had a nasty breakup several years ago, but we were able to at least regain our friendship a year later. She has been very sick for about the past year and doctors have been trying to determine the cause.  Originally, she was suffering from recurring flu-like symptoms but gradually progressed to constant sickness.  At first, doctors believed she had severe allergies, but after extensive testing nothing could be proven.  She just recently found out that she has been diagnosed with leukemia and she called to let me know.  I could hear the distress in her voice.  I could hear her pain through the phone.  Never have I heard her in such despair.  She told me she didn't want to die in pain or suffering  

She has been put on a donor list for a bone marrow transfer/transplant.  I guess one of the first prerequisites is having a matching blood type.  Well, it just so happens that her and I share the same blood type (A+).  There is no one in her own family that even has A+ blood.  I offered my bone marrow to be taken in attempt to see if our cells could work together and help her get better. 

She said she will be notifying her doctor and I will then have to schedule an appointment with her doctor so they can prepare me for a tissue donation to determine if my bone marrow is a suitable fit for her.  She says the process for me would be either an overnight inpatient procedure or an outpatient procedure, but I would still need to talk to the doctor to find out all of the details.  From what she explained to me is that they're going to give me some injections to help separate the marrow from my blood and then they will harvest this from either my sternum or my pelvis. 


It's a very surreal feeling right now.  I really hope I can help her. 

I'll hopefully be contacting her doctor this week to schedule an appointment to see if I'm an eligible candidate for donation.  I really hope I can help her.  I've even talked to my relatives since I know my father and my brother are also A+.

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trashbag111 said:

There was a show on MTV called "true life" about half hour agot and it was about the exact same thing your talking about... someone with lukemia needing a bone marrow transplant..... hahahaha

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Doesn't seem like a funny topic to me. 

trashbag111 said:

i agree. it is definatly not funny at all. just kinda weird that the same exact thing was just on tv today.

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makaveli8x8 said:

isn't donating bone marrow like one of the worst pains imaginable?  like besides being set on fire or having your testicles removed.  not only does the needle hurt like a mofo, and the fluiding being drained.  but ive also heard of people saying they NEVER feel the same afterwords, something like constant fatigue.

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