Marty: You've confused me with Russel who is the one who responded that he had the bone marrow transplant and was looking for ways to thank his donor. I still have the CML and on 400mgs of Gleevec which is keeping the CML at a very low range & I've done fine on it since being dx'ed in Jan. '04. As long as it is working, I have no thoughts of doing anything different. He is also the one who spoke of "selling to the highest bidder", not me. I only wrote the article I read in the paper. I have no qualms with the way they would like to pay.....I think it would be a commendable way of trying to generate more donors rather than just giving the donor money free and clear. I think this brings up some very good issues with those of us who might one day face this possibility of having a BMT as some of you have already had.
And, Marty, you are so right about the 1 in 4 percent range of a sibling match. I have two older brothers...neither of which matched me. (smile) I told my husband that I felt pretty sure that my perfect match lies in the grave yard back where I'm from. He was an older brother who was hit by a car and killed at six years old (I wasn't quite 1 year old at that time). The National Registry found twenty four 6 for 6 matches to me back when I was first dx'ed. That was the best they could do........at that time, I didn't even know what that meant. And after reading up on how they did BMT's, I told my husband then that I would never want to put someone through that unless it was the last option I had. By the way, Marty, do you still have to take the "anti-rejection" medication? I was just wondering if that was a "for life" thing once it was done. Thanks, Suzieq -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope
