Bone Marrow

[Centurion1]

I imagine that it was essentially the same practice as a biopsy now. It still is obviously and that explains the soreness but they luckily seem to have gotten rid of the pain and can anesthetize you. probably the biggest improvement in the donor industry as of yet hahaha.

[Samurai Waki]

And hey another benefit of being a donor, is that I'm sure you get a prescription for valium.

[Major Robert Dump]

The trailer trash I donated to did not so much as send a thank you note, and he died 3 years later whilst driving drunk. He was not an organ donor, oddly enough.

[Cute Wolf]

IF bone marrow donor can only be once in a lifetime event, I suggest asking your own (extended) family first if there is some of them who has leukemic carrier gene. Better test your own compatibility with your own family members first rather than donate to some random folks and then regret when your own niece/nephew/cousin must get the donation or die.

I know that kind of story from my family in singapore, one of their uncle donate kidney (not bone marrow) for charity, and just 4 years later, his father got kidney failure and dies because there is no donor available. (humans only have 2 kidneys)

Maybe sound selfish, but you shouldn't donate something important on impulse because you never know if your family will need it later

P.S: if that was just like blood donations, then nevermind...

[Centurion1]

no that 9s the beauty of bone marrow transplants.................... your marrow comes back in 4-6 weeks. Its like donating blood. You cant do it over and over back to back but there is no reason you cannot do it again after your bodt replenishes your store of it.

[Drunk Clown]

They take less than 10 percent, so it will grow back quickly.

[Tellos Athenaios]

It's a pretty risk free operation. The after effects are much the same as from ordinary blood transfer, i.e.: people tend to need to vomit afterwards. Other than that the worst that could possibly happen is you get the new guy for whom this is his first day. He might need more than one attempt to stick the needle in properly.

On second thoughts, the worst thing that could happen is somebody forgetting to sterilise the needle properly.