Any Bone Marrow Donors out here?

[aprilgail2]

It is extremely easy to get on the registry -- they only do a finger prick for the blood. There is usually a fee to the donor if you you're able to pay. When we did it, donors paid half and the Rick Hendrick Foundation paid the other half.

Wow, not when I went on! They took a vial of blood out of your arm! It does cost 50.00 a person to go on the registry, if you go to a drive someone is having then that family is footing the cost of getting each person tested, unless they can get someone to sponser the drive for them...I do recall when we were doign it for my godson that they only charged white people, black people, spanish etc did go on for free being that there was so few o nthe registry they try to encourage them to join by being free.....when we were looking on the list for a donor we did find out that less than 2 percent of the list was black, and even fewer other minoritys were on there making it harder for them to find matches when they needed it.

 

[christineann]

I was typed at no cost at a bone marrow registry drive for the leukemia society.

 

[solotraveler]

I am in the registry and have donated twice. Getting on the registry was very simple-- all you have to do is give a bit of blood.

When you get called, it gets a bit more complicated-- lots more blood work, etc. You do feel a bit sore for a couple days after they take the donation, but it's not at all "painful."

Both people I donated for were complete strangers and still are.

Hope this helps!
Solotraveler

 

[Chris2597]

I was wondering how painful it is to donate?