Tell me about your experience. How long does it take to heal? Do you know who received your bone marrow? Would you do it again? Thanks for answering!

I'm not but my sister donated her bone marrow to our youngest brother . She said it was painful and was out of work about a week. I wasn't, but my mom had to have bone marrow extracted for some sort of medical tests. She said the worst was when they put this big needle in your bone (it hurt the most) but she said it wasn't so bad after they took the needle out. no dat sounds painful and nasty No I haven't, but I appreciate the importance, like for leukemia treatment. It's more intimidating than donating blood though... it would take a lot of motivation to get me to donate, like a friend or family member needing it. howdy- yea actually i am on the national donor list- a friend of mine- his daughter got diagnosed with lukemia- so i went to see if i was a match for her. I wasnt- but i may be for someone else. I also got a friend to go too- It was almost a dare; what can i say it worked. Now we can both say we have helped someone live.

Actually another cool thing worth a mention:

when i donated blood (same time i went for the marrow match- ) they called me 2 days later to tell me that the blood had been used already (within like 3 days).One part of the bag was used on a cancer patient who had a brain tumor. He was 29. He bled durring his surgery and he needed it fast. The other was a 55 year old man who had surgery on his back. A spinal fusion. They said that they were so greatful to get my blood type finally-- becuase they actually had to wait on his surgery untill someone with my specific type donated. They were like really low on supply. The brain tumor guy just got really lucky he didnt die cuz they didnt have any of my blood left. His was emergency surgery. such a trip hu?