Post by veggiexplorer

For blood related disease patient… it is tough to find a match for bone marrow transplant and by storing our sample in the database, we might be of match to someone in need and save a life. No glamorous photos or video but a plea to all to get your cheek swab if you haven’t! ! https://bmdp.org/join_the_register this is relevant Singapore link to sign up interest. If you are from other country, I am not sure if this link work for you.. else do find your relevant country platform to store your sample in the register! I had done mine 7-8 years ago and today, my sister is doing the same. Test kit and detailed brochure were sent to us. You can do your cheeks swab in comfort of house and mail it out. See uploaded photos for snippet of information.

If you are a match, doctor will do a check up and answer any of your query. There are two ways to go about donating bone marrow. Also, the donated bone marrow in body will replenish 4-6 weeks later.

Quoting from the website:

“Every day 6 Singaporeans are diagnosed with a blood-related disease. For some patients, a bone marrow transplant is often their last chance of survival.

A bone marrow transplant involves the infusion of healthy blood stem cells into the patient’s body to stimulate new bone marrow growth and restore production of healthy blood cells.

The search for a suitable donor usually starts with the patient’s family. Parents are always a half-match for their children because a child inherits half of the HLA markers from each parent.

There is only a 25% chance of a sibling being a suitable donor for a patient because there are four possible combinations for the maternal and paternal characteristics.

For patients requiring a transplant who do not have a related donor, an HLA-matched unrelated donor is the next best option. 70% of patients do not find a match among their siblings and end up looking to a public register to provide them with a match. BMDP is Singapore’s only public register providing unrelated donors for patients.”

#weeklyswin I wish mother earth has more match for people who need bone marrow transplant🙏🏻