This might seem obvious... but for those of you who haven't thought of it: chemo and radiation destroys your blood.. specifically for leukemia patients.. it targets your blood. So as patients it is an essential/necessary part of treatment.
Please donate as much and as often as you can. There have been plenty of times where patients transfusion are delayed due to shortages. This has happened to me more than once where I have waited literally all day at the hospital just for a 2 hour transfusion. It's not easy especially when you already feel horrible-- waiting in the hospital isn't a nice experience.
If for some reason you haven't donated/swabbed to donate bone marrow, this is another way you can help.
(if you have better resources don't feel shy to share)
Such an important message and such an easy way to contribute (every 56 days)! :)
ReplyDeleteI think the USA Blood Services site you linked is one of the best...if you live on the east coast, though, and want to donate you can use http://www.redcross.org/donate/give/ to find a drive (as the UBS site doesn't list locations on the eastern side of the US).