Have to keep going now, actually can't give up!
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Squeezyweezy
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Only just found this post. I think it's amazing that people are signing up or considering signing up for this. Caroline, I think you did the right thing signing up now, it's great motivation to loose the weight, plus, like you said it's not instant, so you will easily do it. 
My brother got Luekaemia when he was 5 and needed a bone marrow transplant. Luckily we didn't have to wait for a donor because I was a match. It was quite unusual because he is actually my half brother, but someone was shining down on us. I was 12 at the time, and I happily did it. Since then though I have had a huge phobia of giving blood or anything like that. If I need a blood test I literally pass out for 10 mins. It's not the needles that bother me, its the actual taking of something that is in my body. I'm sure a therapist would have a field day with that one!!!
I can't give blood, and I defo couldn't donate bone marrow again. It just won't happen.
I think everyone that does go on the donor list is amazing, so hat's off to you guys.
I have a donor card, so when I'm dead they can take absolutley everything I got. lol!
Oh, and my brother recovered after 4 years and he is now 21 and unbelievably annoying!!
My brother got Luekaemia when he was 5 and needed a bone marrow transplant. Luckily we didn't have to wait for a donor because I was a match. It was quite unusual because he is actually my half brother, but someone was shining down on us. I was 12 at the time, and I happily did it. Since then though I have had a huge phobia of giving blood or anything like that. If I need a blood test I literally pass out for 10 mins. It's not the needles that bother me, its the actual taking of something that is in my body. I'm sure a therapist would have a field day with that one!!!
I can't give blood, and I defo couldn't donate bone marrow again. It just won't happen.
I think everyone that does go on the donor list is amazing, so hat's off to you guys.
I have a donor card, so when I'm dead they can take absolutley everything I got. lol!
Oh, and my brother recovered after 4 years and he is now 21 and unbelievably annoying!!
Caz
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See it's stories like that which make joining a register like this an easy decision for me and I know I'd do it in a heart beat. One of my friends died when I was in primary school from Leukemia, we were only 10. That was the first funeral I'd ever been to. I know that giving bone marrow is a big deal and it's not an option for some people but I don't have anyone that I have to look after, I don't have kids, a few days or even a week or two out of action isn't actually that difficult for me. I just know that if it was ever me, one of my parents, sisters, nieces, nephews or children if I ever have any, I would hope that those out there, who are a match but a total stranger, well I'd hope they'd do it too. So if I can do that for someone else, in my mind it's worth it.
