My cousin has been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Michelle is 26 years old -- she is an incredible human being and friend. Michelle was first diagnosed in February 2007. This past week, we learned that Michelle has relapsed and her cancer has returned. She is in urgent need of a bone marrow transplant

Michelle, a Chinese-Vietnamese American, urgently needs our help in giving her a new chance at life. She is undergoing chemotherapy at present but needs to find a match for her bone marrow transplant by June 21st.

Getting registered is quick and requires a simple cheek swab and paperwork (10 minutes of your time). If you are actually a match, the donation process is VERY similar to giving blood.

You can get registered easily by ordering a home kit http://www.aadp.org/pages/register.php (free for ethnic minorities) or http://www.marrow.org/HELP/Join_the_Donor_Registry/index.html?src=ThxMom_Marrow (free for all ethnicities before May 19th). Please indicate in the additional notes box of your test materials "For Michelle Maykin. To be expedited.".

To learn more, please visit (www.projectmichelle.com)

Best,
Michelle's family and friends

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FAQs on Bone Marrow Transplant

How do I know if I'm a match?
If you are found to be a possible match, you will be contacted by the National Registry or your local center. You will be presented with the option of proceeding to the next level of testing.

How my marrow is collected?
The most common procedure is peripheral blood stem cell collection. You are given injections to support overproduction of marrow, which is then released into your circulating blood. The cells are collected by removing blood from a vein in your arm during a simple procedure. This is very similar to donating blood – isn't it amazing that it's that easy to save someone's life?!

why is it free for ethnic minorities?

why do us white people have to pay for it?

I signed up for something similar last week.

I truly hope that you get more people to realize how valuable this can be and sign up.

If anybody knew a friend or family member who suffered from this, wouldn't they do as much as they could to try and help them?

allawd said:My cousin has been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Michelle is 26 years old -- she is an incredible human being and friend. Michelle was first diagnosed in February 2007. This past week, we learned that Michelle has relapsed and her cancer has returned. She is in urgent need of a bone marrow transplant

Michelle, a Chinese-Vietnamese American, urgently needs our help in giving her a new chance at life. She is undergoing chemotherapy at present but needs to find a match for her bone marrow transplant by June 21st.

Getting registered is quick and requires a simple cheek swab and paperwork (10 minutes of your time). If you are actually a match, the donation process is VERY similar to giving blood.

You can get registered easily by ordering a home kit http://www.aadp.org/pages/register.php (free for ethnic minorities) or http://www.marrow.org/HELP/Join_the_Donor_Registry/index.html?src=ThxMom_Marrow (free for all ethnicities before May 19th). Please indicate in the additional notes box of your test materials "For Michelle Maykin. To be expedited.".

To learn more, please visit (www.projectmichelle.com)

Best,
Michelle's family and friends

* * * * *
FAQs on Bone Marrow Transplant

How do I know if I'm a match?
If you are found to be a possible match, you will be contacted by the National Registry or your local center. You will be presented with the option of proceeding to the next level of testing.

How my marrow is collected?
The most common procedure is peripheral blood stem cell collection. You are given injections to support overproduction of marrow, which is then released into your circulating blood. The cells are collected by removing blood from a vein in your arm during a simple procedure. This is very similar to donating blood – isn't it amazing that it's that easy to save someone's life?! My prayers go out to your family.be blessed.

As a reminder, if you've registered, update your information -- especially if you registered while in college or many addresses ago. As someone recently told me, "It'd be one thing to be a match; it'd be something completely more if you're a match and unable to be found."