https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Some-Things-You-May-Not-Know-About-Donating-Bone-Marrow/m-p/342806#M144218 <P>As some of you may know, a friend of mine was diagnosed with AML and received a bone marrow transplant recently. The marrow came from her sister, but I have to wonder what might have happened if no one in her family had been a match.</P> <P>I used to be under the impression that donating bone marrow was extremely painful and would lay a person up for a good long time...I was wrong.</P> <P>I found this thread on Reddit. A young woman who has just donated bone marrow to a stranger answers peoples' questions about the procedure...</P> <P><A rel="nofollow" href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1imvmm/i_just_donated_bone_marrow_to_a_stranger_ama/" target="_blank"> http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1imvmm/i_just_donated_bone_marrow_to_a_stranger_ama/</A></P> <P>Of course, many people are not able to donate because of their own medical conditions, but it's something to think about if you think you may be an eligible donor...</P> <P><IMG src="http://community.qvc.com/DesktopModules/ExactTarget/Controls/TextEditor/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/001_smile.gif" alt="Smile" /></P> Wed, 24 Jul 2013 23:41:23 GMT mistriTsquirrel 2013-07-24T23:41:23Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Some-Things-You-May-Not-Know-About-Donating-Bone-Marrow/m-p/342806#M144218 <P>As some of you may know, a friend of mine was diagnosed with AML and received a bone marrow transplant recently. The marrow came from her sister, but I have to wonder what might have happened if no one in her family had been a match.</P> <P>I used to be under the impression that donating bone marrow was extremely painful and would lay a person up for a good long time...I was wrong.</P> <P>I found this thread on Reddit. A young woman who has just donated bone marrow to a stranger answers peoples' questions about the procedure...</P> <P><A rel="nofollow" href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1imvmm/i_just_donated_bone_marrow_to_a_stranger_ama/" target="_blank"> http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1imvmm/i_just_donated_bone_marrow_to_a_stranger_ama/</A></P> <P>Of course, many people are not able to donate because of their own medical conditions, but it's something to think about if you think you may be an eligible donor...</P> <P><IMG src="http://community.qvc.com/DesktopModules/ExactTarget/Controls/TextEditor/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/001_smile.gif" alt="Smile" /></P> Wed, 24 Jul 2013 23:41:23 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Some-Things-You-May-Not-Know-About-Donating-Bone-Marrow/m-p/342806#M144218 mistriTsquirrel 2013-07-24T23:41:23Z