Become a stem cell / bone marrow donor

[RJD]

Hi all,

Can I ask that everyone that is between the ages of 18 - 45 please become a stem cell / bone marrow donor.  I am about to go through a stem cell transplant in April and it is only possible through the amazing generosity of a stranger after a failed familial match.  If you are unable to become a donor can you please share to your Facebook feed and lets see if we can't save this blokes life. The stem cells are taken from your blood not your bones and is similar to giving blood except it takes a few hours.
Regards,
Russell
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[Pottsy]

RJD, good luck with your transplant, my son is stem cell donor, I donated blood for many years until a serious heart infection.
Blood donating was something our father got us to do and I am proud to say my kids have continued the tradition
I hope all goes well for you.

[Anakist]

I have been on standby 3 times to donate marrow or stem cells, never got to go through with it though.

James

[Arch]

I have been on the donor register for over 20 years. I got a call out of the blue about 5 years ago saying I might be a match. Had the test but I wasn't a close enough match.

I was happy to go through to donation but I believe it's quite a painful operation/recovery.

Cheers


Arch

[Foo]

Good luck with it. I can't give blood, due to being a carrier of hemacromatosis. Don't know about plasma or other associated thingies though. 🤔

Foo

Hurry up corkhead!

[#jonesy]

Good luck with it. I can't give blood, due to being a carrier of hemacromatosis. Don't know about plasma or other associated thingies though. 🤔

Foo

Hurry up corkhead!

Foo you should double check that.
There is  hemacromatosis in our family. Luckily I have only 1 gene.  When I was getting it checked out I was told donating  blood is one way to reduce your iron count

[Foo]

Foo you should double check that.
There is  hemacromatosis in our family. Luckily I have only 1 gene.  When I was getting it checked out I was told donating  blood is one way to reduce your iron count

Okay, I have a major gene and an unidentified one and they won't take blood from me.

Foo

Hurry up corkhead!

[Cruiser 105Tvan]

Down in the South, they take your blood as part of a treatment program for Hemachromatosis, either Blood Bank or Hospital, but discard it.  If the Iron levels are too high.

You better check with your G.P.

[Foo]

Down in the South, they take your blood as part of a treatment program for Hemachromatosis, either Blood Bank or Hospital, but discard it.  If the Iron levels are too high.

You better check with your G.P.

I keep track of my iron levels and have had one venesection but it made no difference to how I felt.

Foo

Hurry up corkhead!

[richo9923]

Unfortunately I was born in the UK in the "Thatcher" years so Australia doesn't want any of my blood or other stuff, until I die that is and then they are willing and happy to harvest any of my organs that are suitable, which I have no issues with at all, just would prefer to be able give some of my O+ blood whilst alive. 

[Rumpig]

Unfortunately I was born in the UK in the "Thatcher" years so Australia doesn't want any of my blood or other stuff, until I die that is and then they are willing and happy to harvest any of my organs that are suitable, which I have no issues with at all, just would prefer to be able give some of my O+ blood whilst alive.

they won't take my blood either, reckon I could maybe be a chance of having mad cow disease

[alnjan]

blood bank wont take my blood either.  Had an Ablation several years ago now.  Apparently having three different heart rates ain't good for you.  Now as I have had an 'op' on my heart the blood Bank don't want to take blood as it may place stress on my heart.  My caridologist has no problem with my heart but not much I can do.  Have marked to be a organ donor and a while back via MyGov updated my records to be an Organ Donor.

[weeds]

Whoops to old for stem cell and bone marrow.

I do donate plasma as often as i can (don't quite get the ever two weeks)


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[Bird]

they won't take my blood either, reckon I could maybe be a chance of having mad cow disease

They wont take my blood eitehr, I have a needle phobia...
was the best when I was in hospital after the big one, I had golden Staph... 3 times...
Third time the Shit they gave me was that toxic, I was on 3 hourly blood tests as if the % of this stuff in your system got too much it could cause irreversible damage or death they told while I was quarantined ...
Nothing like being woken up all night by some vampire with no idea how to take your blood first time, it was like I had every trainee there was...  and 1/2 asleep they wonder why your pist off.


Back to the subject - when we had paper licenses, you had a tick box to donate organs, is that something you have to register with Vicroads now? Or it just happens anyway
On my paper license I only had a bike back then didnt own a car, I had 'whatevers left' marked on it.

[loanrangie]

Unfortunately I was born in the UK in the "Thatcher" years so Australia doesn't want any of my blood or other stuff, until I die that is and then they are willing and happy to harvest any of my organs that are suitable, which I have no issues with at all, just would prefer to be able give some of my O+ blood whilst alive.

Wont take mine either as i spent 3 years in the UK in the early 90's.

[richo9923]

they won't take my blood either, reckon I could maybe be a chance of having mad cow disease

And yet I've met more people affected by CJD in Australia than I ever did in the UK and those people had never been to the UK!!

[Rumpig]

And yet I've met more people affected by CJD in Australia than I ever did in the UK and those people had never been to the UK!!

i've never been to the UK...had eye surgery and had donar tissue from someone used during the operation, because I can't tell them who donated the tissue they won't take my blood.

[GBC]

I'm too old. But that means I remember jokes from back then.

What's the difference between PMT and BSE?

One is bovine spongiform encaphalitis, the other is mad cow's disease 

[Paddler Ed]

I'm too old. But that means I remember jokes from back then.

What's the difference between PMT and BSE?

One is bovine spongiform encaphalitis, the other is mad cow's disease 

2 cows talking at the fence; one asks the other if they've heard of Mad Cows disease... the other responds that it won't be a problem for me, I'm a wardrobe.




The joy of feeding cattle protein rich render made from scrappy infected sheep brains from memory...