gupta
22nd Feb 2010, 06:26
Some posters may know Tim Blatch. He is a former AOPA Australia CEO, Australian Ultralight Federation Exec Director, Airport Manager Ayers Rock, FAC Ops Manager Alice Springs and SA/NT Airport Inspector with the Dept of Aviation. (Just to jog a few memories)
He now needs the help of the aviation community. After 5 months of extensive chemotherapy to combat Acute Myeloid Leukeamia, and 5 months of learning to walk again, Tim is now in a pre-leukeamic state (temporary remission) and his specialist has recommended that he go on the register to seek a bone marrow donor. Without the transplant, the specialist has given him two years to live – give or take a year or two.
So, please tell all your friends/family/acquaintances here and overseas that if they currently give blood, next time they are donating, please just mention that they want to go on the Bone Marrow Donor register – it is as simple as that. AND they do NOT have to give bone marrow to go on the register AND they do NOT have to give Bone Marrow for the transplant, it is just blood they give and the miracle of medical science changes it into Bone Marrow when transplanted into Tim’s blood stream.
If they don’t currently give blood, they can still go to any Red Cross blood donation unit and be tested for compatibility.
For an information brochure got to:
http://www.abmdr.org.au/pdf/dynamic_pages/3/82514915_donorbrochure_08.pdf (http://www.abmdr.org.au/pdf/dynamic_pages/3/82514915_donorbrochure_08.pdf)
and refer to STEM CELL transplants, or contact the Australian Red Cross on 13 14 95
or go to the Red Cross in any country worldwide.
Please consider a donation.
The words are from Tim's wife Julie. If you know Tim and wish to contact him, he would love to hear from you.
Email [email protected] ([email protected]), or phone 0411 156 123.
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He now needs the help of the aviation community. After 5 months of extensive chemotherapy to combat Acute Myeloid Leukeamia, and 5 months of learning to walk again, Tim is now in a pre-leukeamic state (temporary remission) and his specialist has recommended that he go on the register to seek a bone marrow donor. Without the transplant, the specialist has given him two years to live – give or take a year or two.
So, please tell all your friends/family/acquaintances here and overseas that if they currently give blood, next time they are donating, please just mention that they want to go on the Bone Marrow Donor register – it is as simple as that. AND they do NOT have to give bone marrow to go on the register AND they do NOT have to give Bone Marrow for the transplant, it is just blood they give and the miracle of medical science changes it into Bone Marrow when transplanted into Tim’s blood stream.
If they don’t currently give blood, they can still go to any Red Cross blood donation unit and be tested for compatibility.
For an information brochure got to:
http://www.abmdr.org.au/pdf/dynamic_pages/3/82514915_donorbrochure_08.pdf (http://www.abmdr.org.au/pdf/dynamic_pages/3/82514915_donorbrochure_08.pdf)
and refer to STEM CELL transplants, or contact the Australian Red Cross on 13 14 95
or go to the Red Cross in any country worldwide.
Please consider a donation.
The words are from Tim's wife Julie. If you know Tim and wish to contact him, he would love to hear from you.
Email [email protected] ([email protected]), or phone 0411 156 123.
Moderators please post this wherever you think most appropriate/effective, and edit if you deem necessary, but please PM if you are going to remove it entirely
Thanks