Life's too short for ironing
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Scotland, & Maryland, USA
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After a close friend of ours was diagnosed with cancer last year, I went along to the local bone marrow donation facility here in Wisconsin and signed up. There was a slight pause as they checked to see if I'm suitable, being from the infamously CJD-infested UK. I'm not allowed to donate blood or plasma because of my origins. The person in charge took the very sensible decision that if a patient is being faced with a bone marrow donation with a one-in-heavens-knows-what-but-probably-tiny chance of developing CJD or death within a short time, the patient should be the one to decide.
I was taken aback when she told me that they only have 9,000 signed up in a catchment area of at least 250,000. She said lack of funding affected their promotion and advertising, sadly.