To anyone who has ever been a bone marrow donor, was it extremely excruciating like most say it is and was it worth it? I'm trying to decide if I should register.
2007-12-20 17:07:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Hi - which country are you in? More commonly these days, stem cells are collected from peripheral blood (in your veins etc) rather than harvesting marrow from bones. This involves apheresis, a process that collects blood from one arm, just like giving blood, but the blood then passes through a piece of equipment that collects the stem cells and then the rest of the blood returns to you back into the other arm. My husband's life was saved by a stem cell transplant 4 years ago - he underwent the apheresis described above just before the transplant (so he had back up blood if the graft failed) and said it was no more than the needle pricks, so if you can handle blood donation, you'll be fine. Check with your own country's donation organisation to see what they normally do, sometimes you can choose and opt only for this stem cell donation rather than marrow which is more intrusive, but not from what I have heard 'excruciating' - just uncomfortable (like bruising). Good luck, and thanks for considering this.
2007-12-20 17:46:17 · answer #1 · answered by jaffacake 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comprises an operation for removing the bone marrow. Secondly the donor is scared regarding the accessible after consequences of such removing. after all, there's a time lag for its regeneration.
2016-11-04 04:54:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard it's a bit more painful but I'm sure it's worth it because it goes to help someone in a lot of need.
2007-12-20 17:27:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-12-20 17:40:26 · answer #4 · answered by hamrrfan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋