Recovery Post Bone Marrow Donation

[Trek420]

One of my best friend's from childhood, her oldest daughter's best friend is a CML patient. She has yet to find a match. She is Jewish and there is a problem for this subset of the population, as so many were wiped out during the Holocaust. Her donor pool is very small.

I'm here! I'm here! Jewish and in the donor pool. Guess I'm not a match you your friend or I'd know

Thank you for donating.

[Possegal]

I'm here! I'm here! Jewish and in the donor pool. Guess I'm not a match you your friend or I'd know

I guess not either, too bad! Kid is about 16 and has been on meds for at least 6 years I think. There is this subset of young kids with CML in the western PA area, all of Jewish decent, all of families with known concentration camp history. It is an odd epidemiological mystery that I do think is being investigated. Or so I have been told anyway.

I think this girl's family has been, naturally, trying very hard to do marrow registries through synagogues and such, to try and increase the potential pool for their daughter.

Here is a comment I found on their website:
has registered over 8,000 people...

at drives held in 12 states...

and 22 marrow donors have been found for other patients looking for a match.

I hope they find a match for their daughter soon, but I'm proud I was a part of a drug that has been keeping her healthy for years.

[maillotpois]

Out of curiosity, Possegal, what drug and what was your involvement? Do you do research or something?