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Ask99 · Aug 27th, 2008, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Shikra

First of all, yes, I've donated blood several times and felt fine afterwards. I am not scared of needles, in fact, I look at the needle when I am being poked and I watch the blood flow into the bottle

There are always snacks, juices, and t-shirts to look forward to, and I have never worn any of those t-shirts

About the bone marrrow, I attended a 14-Aug concert earlier this month and parents of a 13-years old girl were there urging people to register and give sample of their DNA to see if they can help their daughter. My wife and I registered. They said that they will use the BLOOD and they will NOT use the traditional method (whatever that is) to get the marrow. As long as they take my blood, I am okay and that's why we registered. If my blood cells (attributes or whatever) match and I can save a life, I would be pleased.

Is it Project Vaney that you are talking about.
And its really good that you have donated blood.
I am also registered for the bone marrow..the likely of gtting a exact match is 1 in 41000 and for minorities like us, its really really slim.
It is an amazing way to try to help someone in their struggle for saving a life. I wish more Desi's would register to be a possible donor if there ever is a need.
National Marrow Donor Program
there are so many negative fears I would say about people registering esp us Muslims as most people think it will be too painful(not true that happens with the biopsy ones)
Also for Minorities they donot ask for the money that it takes to get it registered as there is such a need for minorities and they have enough funding for those.