National Marrow Donor Program Abel Valdenegro Cre 101

National Marrow Donor Program Abel Valdenegro Cre 101 Section 29484

“ 10, 000 patients need a marrow transplant half one receive one”

The Initial Step In order to become national bone marrow donor, you must registry with www. marrow. org n The next step is you have to take online survey and fill out personal information. n

Tissue Typing Kit Included with the kit are four swabs with a special ID. n Each swab you must rub into the cheek for about ten seconds. n The tissue typing sample that the patient provides help match the donor to the patient. n

Tissue Typing Kit

n Email Conformation Dear Abelardo, Thank you for joining the Be The Match Registry®. You are now an official member of the registry, making you part of every patient's search for a match. What's next: You will receive your membership card by mail in about a month. If you are a possible match for a patient, we will contact you with important next steps. Please be ready to respond if you are called! New patient searches begin every day, so you could be a match for a patient soon or many years from now, or you may never be identified as a match for someone. About 1 in 540 members of the Be The Match Registry go on to donate to a patient. Ways you can stay involved: n Watch for your monthly e-newsletter for registry members offering information about the donation process, donor and patient stories and updates on our work. n Update your contact information if it changes, so we can reach you quickly if you match a patient. You can update your information online at Be. The. Match. org/update. Please include your donor center number - 127 -- and donor record number 247147. n Invite your friends to join the Be The Match Registry: http: //registry. marrow. org/site/Page. Server? pagename=ecards_sept 2009 n Make a financial gift - Your gift will help patients with uninsured transplant costs, support transplant research and grow the Be The Match Registry: Be. The. Match. Foundation. org/give n Abelardo, welcome to a community of people passionate about saving lives through marrow donation. You are giving patients hope for a future. Thank you for joining, Be The Match

Race/Ethnicity Often times patients are most likely match with the same race or ethnic group. n Since we live in diverse culture, by adding more diverse donors give better chance for the patients to find a match. n

Waiting Game Process Unfortunately my uncle who was diagnosed with leukemia, I wasn’t a match after the tissue typing test results came back. n I told him however I will still be a donor for a patient who need bone marrow transplant in his memory. n

Waiting Game Process n Right now I’m currently waiting to become a donor to a patient. I’m 100% committed to being a donor for bone marrow transplant.

Events n Southwest currently doesn’t have any events for the national bone marrow program.