Please Consider, or Reconsider

I have a friend who has been diagnosed with cancer.  She will, most likely, need a bone marrow transplant in the nearish future.  She is already a survivor for so many reasons.  She inspires me.  When I think of her situation my heart is grieved.  I pray.  I pray some more.  But, I am still grieved.

Her friends have been hosting drives to register people with the Bone Marrow Registry.  All it takes is a swab of the cheek.  If you turn out to be a match for someone then a procedure occurs and recovery follows.  And a life might be saved.

I have NEVER before considered any type of donation.  The thought of even checking the "organ donor" box on my driver's license has given me the creeps.  I know that sounds silly, immature, and downright selfish.  I also can't stand the thought of cremation.  I know.  I know.

But then Stacy was diagnosed with cancer.  And then it felt so much more real- the sense of responsibility I have as a healthy woman to do my part.  This isn't guilt as much as it is awareness.

Then I got a card in the mail from Stacy and her husband today.  In it they asked friends and family to please register with the Bone Marrow Registry.

That's when I knew.

I WANT Stacy to find a match.  I WANT Stacy to kick this cancer!  And, for every "Stacy" needing a match there are friends and family wanting him/her to find a match too.

So I am doing research to see if I can register while living here in Kuwait.  If I can, I plan to register.  Just a cheek swab.

And, I ask you, please consider- or reconsider- joining the registry too.  Thank you!

www.bethematch.org