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• URGENT: A friend in need

  2008-05-15 11:04AM / 標準BLOG / 會員可以看
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  Yesterday, a good friend of mine emailed me about a young woman named Michelle Maykin who is battling for her life.  Michelle is 26 and lives in the Bay Area.   A year ago, she was diagnosed with leukemia.  She has endured extensive chemotherapy and this winter, her cancer entered remission.   But a week ago, she relapsed.
  
  In order to live, Michelle needs to find a bone marrow donor by June 21, in less than six weeks!  That is the earliest that doctors think she will be strong enough to withstand the transplant.  Bone marrow donors must be matched, and so far, she, her family, and her doctors have been unable to find a match for her.  SHE NEEDS A BONE MARROW MATCH TO SAVE HER LIFE.
  
  To read about Michelle's amazing story, check out her website.  Read her blog, she's truly incredible.
  
  Below are a couple of really simple things that people can do  to register as a donor (cutting and pasting from the original email that I got).  PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!
  

  
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  Three Things You Can Do  
   
  1. Please get registered. 
  Getting registered is quick and requires a simple cheek swab and paperwork (10 minutes of your time).  If you are actually a match, the donation process is VERY similar to giving blood. 
   
  We are currently organizing drives nationwide, and I need you to get registered by visiting a local drive.  Please check our website for information about drives in your area ( www.projectmichelle.com).
   
  You can also get registered easily by ordering a free home kit http://www.aadp.org/pages/register.php.   Please indicate in the additional notes box of your test materials "For Michelle Maykin. To be expedited.". 
   
  2.  Organize a drive. 
  Organize a drive in your community (workplace, church, community center , etc.) http://www.projectmichelle.com/howtodrives.html. 
   
  At a minimum, please share this email message with at least 20 people, and ask them to do the same. Please point your friends to local drives, ask them to get registered, and organize a drive in their own community. 
   
  Please use the power of your address book to spread this message – today more than ever before, we can achieve broad scale and be part of a large online movement to save lives.  
   
  3. Learn more 
  To learn more, please visit (www.projectmichelle.com). The site includes more details on how to organize your own drive, valuable information about leukemia, plus FAQs on registering.  
   
  Thank you for getting registered and joining this effort to help Michelle win her fight against leukemia – and for helping others who may face blood disorders in the future. 
   
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  FAQs on Bone Marrow Transplant  
   
  How do I know if I'm a match? 
  If you are found to be a possible match, you will be contacted by the National Registry or your local center. You will be presented with the option of proceeding to the next level of testing. 
   
  How my marrow is collected?  
  The most common procedure is peripheral blood stem cell collection. You are given injections to support overproduction of marrow , which is then released into your circulating blood. The cells are collected by removing blood from a vein in your arm during a simple procedure. This is very similar to donating blood – isn't it amazing that it's that easy to save someone's life?!