Follow-Up: Cure Rayan

"MYTH: Bone marrow donation is painful.

FACT: General or regional anesthesia is always used for this procedure. Donors feel no needle injections and no pain during the marrow donation process. Afterwards, most donors feel some pain in the lower back for a few days or longer." - DKMS Americas

So I asked each of you to take on the 10 people challenge a little over a month ago, and was wondering how that's going. I am sure that it hasn't gone far because we are all very, very busy-and that is understandable. But please take a moment to read this seriously because it would mean a lot to me and so many others out there. I am just going to ramble on in no order whatsoever to show you how important this is...

What if this was your child? Friend? Parent? Relative? Neighbor? Wouldn't that make you want to become registered? Wouldn't that make you want to get millions of people to register? 

Do you think it's painful? Really...did you get this "fact" from a movie/book?? Read the myth vs. fact again. Actually, do me a huge favor and read the following link thoroughly to learn more about the facts: http://www.dkmsamericas.org/bone-marrow-donors/become-marrow-donor/bone-marrow-donation-process/myth-vs-facts

Do you want to help people? What better way than to directly save a life. You can donate money to different things but it will not be the same as this. It won't feel the same. 

The chance for a Caucasian patient to find a match is between 40-80%

The chance for a minority to find a match is approximately 1.7%

Can I emphasize: it hurts for the most a few days and then your bone marrow grows back or whatever the medical terminology is. You are totally fine. You don't even feel that something happened. ...why is a needle stopping you from this? I really don't get it.

Since this is a follow-up, there's obviously another post (March 7th) about this. Please read it if you skimmed it before. You might actually be the one to save Rayan. Or just someone else.

Why do I care so much? A childhood friend of mine is walking, alive and well because he received a bone marrow transplant. What could make me happier?

I UNDERSTAND if you really can't because of medical issues-I do have a heart, I swear. But most other excuses do not work for me. What's yours? Maybe I can change your mind.

Please have a heart and convince others to become registered bone marrow donors. 

****If you ever get that special phone call saying that you match someone and will be able to donate and think that you want to opt out of it, please please please please call me so I can remind you of the moral obligation. Please. Have a heart, save a life, tell a friend. Do whatever it takes to save Rayan and all those in need of a transplant.

So long <3