To: diethelm
Go to your local bone marrow ID program and have a simple blood test. You will then be in a donor database and we can all be available to help Lu and others in his same situation.
Actually, I am too old to get a bone marrow transplant however in getting a bone marrow biopsy or donating bone marrow the process is the same. A lot of people equate the donation of bone marrow with a lot of pain. It can be painful but it is dependent on the technique used by the doctor. For my first biopsy I was totally out of it with a very high fever and very high blood sugar. I didn’t feel a thing. On my second biopsy it felt like a nail was being driven into my backside. On the third I didn’t feel a thing. The technique involves the copious amount of zylocain being used to deaden the local area. Do it as it is the gift of life.
