BMTs

Personally, I find allogeneic BMTs frightening for its upsetting side effects. GVHD has horrendous clinical manifestations. But I have to let that go because it is what the patients want. T. Brown, RN on the NY Times' Well blog felt the same distress, but who are we to take that hope away? Below is a feel-good piece that re-affirms why I do what I do. I applaud those who are on the registry. I know of one who's on the registry who worries they might call him one day. Take heart, "walking funny for a week" and some pain seem to be the only unpleasant complaints for a donor post-collection.

The Gift of a Lifetime
How a Woman Who Died in April 1999 and an Infant Diagnosed With Leukemia Became Connected by an Act of Kindness
from "CBS Sunday Morning"