Bone Marrow Transplants

[Guest guest]

Hi :

I was the one who asked a few weeks ago about both donating blood and

being a bone marrow donor. I have since checked with my wl surgeon and

was told that as long as my labs, especially my iron levels, are in the

normal range, I would be able to both donate blood and be a bone marrow

donor. But we have to make sure that the people who are testing us for

these things know about our surgery and that our labs have been in the

normal range for at least a few months prior. Also, I was told by my

surgeon that you had to be at least 12 months post-op before even

thinking of doing this.

I haven't done anything about either yet as I just received my

one-year lab results, but I am planning on doing this soon. We have a

little girl in our congregation who has leukemia and can no longer

undergo chemotheraphy, so they are looking for bone marrow matches (no

one in her family has matched so far). This is why I wanted to know if

I could be considered a donor.

I would definitely check with your personal surgeon because I know

there are some surgeons out there who don't want their patients to

donate blood or be bone marrow donors.

Hugs,

Jerri in MI

[Guest guest]

Hi :

I was the one who asked a few weeks ago about both donating blood and

being a bone marrow donor. I have since checked with my wl surgeon and

was told that as long as my labs, especially my iron levels, are in the

normal range, I would be able to both donate blood and be a bone marrow

donor. But we have to make sure that the people who are testing us for

these things know about our surgery and that our labs have been in the

normal range for at least a few months prior. Also, I was told by my

surgeon that you had to be at least 12 months post-op before even

thinking of doing this.

I haven't done anything about either yet as I just received my

one-year lab results, but I am planning on doing this soon. We have a

little girl in our congregation who has leukemia and can no longer

undergo chemotheraphy, so they are looking for bone marrow matches (no

one in her family has matched so far). This is why I wanted to know if

I could be considered a donor.

I would definitely check with your personal surgeon because I know

there are some surgeons out there who don't want their patients to

donate blood or be bone marrow donors.

Hugs,

Jerri in MI

[Guest guest]

That firefighter who donated the bone marrow to that little girl was

Terry Farrell and he was a dear friend of mine many years ago. A bunch

of us used to rent houses in the Hamptons during the summer and upstate

at Hunter Mountain. We used to tell our parents we were skiing, but I

don't think in the 6 or 7 years that we rented the house upstate that

any of us hit the slopes. We hit the bottle pretty darn hard on those

weekends. Terry was a super guy, great personality, a lot of fun and

would give you the shirt off his back to help anyone out. It didn't hurt

that he was as cute as a button too. We were so excited and proud of him

when he got the phone call about helping that little girl.

I recently found a bunch of pictures from a lot of our exploits, put

them in an album and brought them over to his brother Tim who owns a

local bar near my house. We sat and remembered the good times and I told

him to keep the pictures for the family to share. It was gut wrenching

at times, but also quite cathartic.

I'm sorry I missed the show. Just thought I'd let you know his name and

what a truly wonderful person he was. He was very much loved and sorely

missed.

Regina