About 10 years ago I signed up and was registered with the National Bone Marrow Registry because a colleague was battling leukemia and needed a transplant. I'm not proud of this but over the years I occasionally get reminders to update my contact information and have ignored them. It was a combination of being lazy and the worry about the pain and discomfort that I might endure if I were a match. Which of course is absolutely nothing compared to having cancer. But I did say I'm not proud of this, and I'm being honest here.
Yesterday I want onto the website and added my cell phone number and my email address. My home address and phone are the same, and I took comfort knowing that if I had been found to be a match for someone in the past 10 years, they would have been able to track me down. And now I can rest assured that there are no doubts that I will be found if there is a need.
L' Chaim
Awesome! L'Chaim to you!
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