Free Bone Marrow Donor Registration
From now until June 22nd, you can register for free as a bone marrow donor. If you are ordering, and the form asks for a fee, enter "swab4mateo" as a promotion code. You will get your swab kit in the mail.
This is for those people like me, who think that registering is a good thing to do, but don't have a convenient local drive or clinic where to do the swab (and haven't checked whether their insurance would cover the cost of the swab test).
From the FAQ:
30% of the time:
Bone marrow donation is a surgical procedure in which liquid marrow is withdrawn from the back of the donor's pelvic bones using special, hollow needles. General or regional anesthesia is always used for this procedure, so donors feel no needle injections and no pain during marrow donation. Most donors feel some pain in their lower back for a few days afterwards.
70% of the time:
Peripheral blood cell (PBSC) donation involves removing a donor's blood through a sterile needle in one arm. The blood is passed through a machine that separates out the cells used in transplants. The remaining blood is returned through the other arm.
You can donate at a facility local to you and the costs of donating are paid by the recipient or their insurance.
This is for those people like me, who think that registering is a good thing to do, but don't have a convenient local drive or clinic where to do the swab (and haven't checked whether their insurance would cover the cost of the swab test).
From the FAQ:
30% of the time:
Bone marrow donation is a surgical procedure in which liquid marrow is withdrawn from the back of the donor's pelvic bones using special, hollow needles. General or regional anesthesia is always used for this procedure, so donors feel no needle injections and no pain during marrow donation. Most donors feel some pain in their lower back for a few days afterwards.
70% of the time:
Peripheral blood cell (PBSC) donation involves removing a donor's blood through a sterile needle in one arm. The blood is passed through a machine that separates out the cells used in transplants. The remaining blood is returned through the other arm.
You can donate at a facility local to you and the costs of donating are paid by the recipient or their insurance.