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Originally Posted by PedOncoDoc
As both a recipient of, and physician overseeing, bone marrow transplants I second this wholeheartedly. With the availability of cord blood, suitable ("close enough") matches are becoming easier to find for people, but cord blood is of limited utility to grown adults. The best bet is to have as many people register as possible - just as with organ donation, exception being you can donate marrow and go home the same day - not so much for a heart.
I would also encourage donating blood for all those who are cleared to do so.
My $.02...
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While luckily I have not had the need for replacement organs, blood or marrow, I have had my OD sticker on every drivers license since my first and donate blood regularly since the first time they came to my high school gym Junior year. And I make sure to extol its values to those who don't.
This post has been great. Congrats to you and Beth, and I'll have to look more into bone marrow donation.
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