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Jun 25th, 2009, 01:41 PM
Someone has posted a thread in another forum, but knowing that rfd has one of the biggest canadian - asian communities around, I want to post it here if anyone can help his cousin out for a bone marrow transplant.
Original thread here: (http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=38&threadid=2313801&enterthread=y)
This is my cousin http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_35604.aspx
And he needs a bone marrow transplant for him to even have a chance of beating cancer (Acute lymphoblastic leukemia).
He fought it off 2 years ago, but it has returned stronger and without a matching doner he will not survive. He is 23 years old tomorrow, which is his birthday, only one year older than me. He is like a brother to me, he was the first friend I ever had. I never asked for much in life, as I always knew the best things in life were free. Playing games together, hanging out, I knew he'd always have my back no matter what happened in life. Growing up, there was nothing more I wanted for my future than for us to raise our kids together, where my kids would have great cousins they could grow up with as well.
The best chance for a match would be from someone of a close family background, and we are of Chinese/Vietnamese descent.
If you are a Canadian please visit onematch.ca --> forms --> join onematch
It only takes 5 minutes to fill out the form, in a week they'll give you a call, and a week after that you should receive a swab kit. You just swab the inside of your mouth and mail it back in their prepaid envelope and they'll notify you if there is ever a match for you... you still have the right to decide whether you want to donate or not.
Original thread here: (http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=38&threadid=2313801&enterthread=y)
This is my cousin http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_35604.aspx
And he needs a bone marrow transplant for him to even have a chance of beating cancer (Acute lymphoblastic leukemia).
He fought it off 2 years ago, but it has returned stronger and without a matching doner he will not survive. He is 23 years old tomorrow, which is his birthday, only one year older than me. He is like a brother to me, he was the first friend I ever had. I never asked for much in life, as I always knew the best things in life were free. Playing games together, hanging out, I knew he'd always have my back no matter what happened in life. Growing up, there was nothing more I wanted for my future than for us to raise our kids together, where my kids would have great cousins they could grow up with as well.
The best chance for a match would be from someone of a close family background, and we are of Chinese/Vietnamese descent.
If you are a Canadian please visit onematch.ca --> forms --> join onematch
It only takes 5 minutes to fill out the form, in a week they'll give you a call, and a week after that you should receive a swab kit. You just swab the inside of your mouth and mail it back in their prepaid envelope and they'll notify you if there is ever a match for you... you still have the right to decide whether you want to donate or not.