​WHY WE NEED LIFESAVERS LIKE YOU
I have created this website to raise awareness about blood cancers and blood disorders. I am doing this because these diseases can be fatal but also easily cured with everyone’s help.
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Every 20 minutes someone around the world is diagnosed with a blood disorder or cancer which can be fatal if not cured.
The cure in these cases is a stem cell transplant or what you may know to be a bone marrow transplant.
Only 30% of the people who are diagnosed with either blood cancer or a blood disorder find a stem cell match within their family. The other 70% have to rely on unrelated matched donors (MUDs), people like you and me, who have registered to be a stem cell donor.
Unfortunately only 2% of the world’s population are registered to be stem cell donors. Therefore as you can imagine not many people find donors and therefore aren’t able to be cured.
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There could not be an easier way to save a life really which makes me question why there aren’t more of us on the stem cell registries. I can think of a couple reasons:
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Perhaps there isn’t enough awareness.
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The idea of being a donor for a stem cell transplant sounds cumbersome costly and also scary for the donor.
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Therefore I am using this as a platform to raise awareness and also dispel any myths concerning being a stem cell donor being scary, costly and time consuming. As I promise you it is far from all those things.
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Please take the time to read the rest of the website and you will see that there could not be a more effortless and rewarding way to give someone a second chance at life!
