Would you donate bone marrow to a friend? a stranger? a freeper?

[madison2000]

It hurts a lot, I've heard, but there are great benefits to the recipient.

[JimmyJazz]

1. How about donating bone marrow to a human being?

Yes, I have. And, yes it does hurt, but it's worth the sacrifice and very rewarding to know you may have saved a life.

[Xipe Totec]

22. I've never donated bone marrow,

But I would if asked, no matter who asked. I'm with you on this one 100%, JimmyJazz. I've donated close to 10 gallons of blood in my life time. I stopped collecting commemorative donor mugs after the 5th gallon.

But, on the other hand, I have a funny attitude about organ donation. I will not donate any organ after death that I could not have donated If I was still alive (not even to a sibling). Conversely, I will not accept an organ transplant that involves an organ that could not be donated in life. It is my personal religious belief that it is a sin for any human being to profit from a tragedy befallen on another human being. I know that I am out of step with many if not most people on this issue, but there it is.

[progmom]

26. Did you donate for a specific person?

How cool are you? :toast:

[DODI]

2. I would, but I don't think I can. I wish I could.

[AlCzervik]

3. yes i would.

[clydefrand]

4. Yes, family or friend. Even a stranger, BUT I would check

his/her political leanings first!!!!!!!!!!!!

:bounce:

[polmaven]

5. I'd even donate

to Bush.

[ikojo]

19. Wow! you are on a higher spiritual plane than I am

that's for sure. I don't know if I could donate to someone as reprehensible as Bushie. Would you donate to David Duke?

What about someone you knew was in Aryan Nations?

It would be very difficult for me to make those decisions. I could easily give to a family member or a friend, but Bush....oooh that's a tough one.

[polmaven]

24. I must admit

it would be a lot easier if the recipient wasn't known, but yes, I would have to donate to anyone. He is, without a doubt, a reprehensible human being...maybe even barely a human being, but I couldn't, in the end, be comfortable becoming LIKE him. Oh, ..(Shudder)...can you even imagine being LIKE him????

[kitkatrose]

6. I'm in the registry, but no one's called yet.

But I have a whole lifetime to get that call. :shrug:

[Lisa]

8. same here ...

http://www.marrow.org/

They already have my pattern on file. They send me a birthday card every year (to check my address, but it's still nice to get).
Y'know, if it were George W. himself who needed that marrow, I would say yes -- because at the end of it he would have my blood cells (with the female XX chromosomes) swimming around in him, and possibly injecting his brain with liberal thoughts.

You never know!

[loudestchick]

11. I'm in the the registry as well. I'm adopted...and I've always thought

that if I got that call...the person in need might be a blood relation.

[MuseRider]

7. If I was able

but I don't think I am allowed to. It does hurt, at least I have been told that it does.

[Taxloss]

9. I'd donate to anyone, even a Freeper.

That would give them pause for thought. But that would not be my motive.

[madison2000]

14. I saw a sign that said "donated bone marrow to a stanger" and I think its

pretty cool... but if I thought about suffering for someone I can't stand well, it would be harder to do.

[Taxloss]

17. But think

there would be a Freeper walking around out there who owes his life to a liberal.

[DCDemo]

10. Absolutely!

I met a guy on a plane last week who was flying here to DC to be a donor - he had been found as a match. I expressed to him how happy and impressed I was, and that he was a really good person, giving someone else a chance at life.

He was surprised, I think. It was a no-brainer for him, and he hadn't really thought about how good a thing he was doing. Selfless. He inspired me to join the registry too, let me tell you!

[Skittles]

12. yes, I am on the registry and yes I would donate to a freeper

they are sick f***s but they do have family who love them

[American Tragedy]

13. I wish one didn't have to shell out the $ to get HLA tissue typed

I don't even know if they'd take me. I've already been told I'm ineligible to donate blood or plasma.

[fit4life]

15. Yep.

I'm in the registry, but haven't been called yet. A little pain to help someone in desperate need is well worth it.

[mondo joe]

16. A friend, yes. A stranger, maybe. A freeper, no.

Absolutely.

[Hans Delbrook]

18. Absolutely, yes probably, hell no.

In that order.

[Spacemom]

20. Yes, I would

for anyone. Even a freeper or a member of the Aryan nation. Anyone.

My mom is battling ovarian cancer right now. I would hate to think someone would deny her a chance at life because of her political views. (She's liberal, but this could work the other way around, ya know.)

[WritersBlock]

21. Yes. The pain isn't that bad, and it doesn't matter who it's for. n/t

[yellowdogintexas]

23. I am in the BMT network. I would donate to anyone for whom I am

a good match. Otherwise, why be in the transplant network.

On edit: for Bone Marrow anyway, I don't think you know too much about the recipient. At least that is my understanding. I could get a call from Cook Children's Medical Center here in FW that I am a match in the data base, go there, do the donation and my marrow could be going frozen to Alaska as far as I know.

oh there are some wild new therapies out there that don't involve tapping your hip bone to do the marrow...there is a way they can culture it out of your blood, and return your blood to you. I should find out more from my friend who had one, but it was a different and less invasive procedure for his sister (the donor)

[lala_rawraw]

25. I would donate anything...

To anyone, but freepers cannot even borrow toilet tissue. Sorry, there is only so much to go around:D

[jus_the_facts]

27. If only I could give to my own *freeper* Dad.....he's got leukemia...

....but hasn't found a match yet...none of our family have been able to donate...so doesn't leave much hope....I was added to the national registry when I donated...and if ANYONE...EVER needs me to donate to them...I'd do it in a second...regardless of any political or other differences. :cry:

[madison2000]

28. thanks for putting it in perspective

[jus_the_facts]

29. you're welcome.......

[SOteric]

30. No self-respecting oncologist would take mine.

And yes, it hurts like fuck. And do it, no one deserves to die for a political delusion.

[bleedingheart]

31. A very close friend of mine donated marrow for her brother..

he died of complications that arose from the transplant...it was traumatic for her because she was recovering and he died of a heart attack brought on by the severe chemo he had received prior to the transplant...

she was still happy that she had donated..

personally I would do it for family or a friend and perhaps a stranger if I could...