Hi All,
Thank you Grant for agreeing to let me post this very personal appeal for help. By using the Horizons Unlimited HUBB I am able to reach a global audience which may make the difference...

On 14th december my wife was admitted to hospital and shortly afterwards was diagnosed with having leukaemia.

We have battled our way through Christmas and New Year and my wife is fighting hard but we need your help.

We learned last week that her brother is unfortunately not a suitable bone marrow donor ; but at that moment we didn't know just how significant this news would turn out to be.

Not all leukaemias require a marrow transplant but it's a nice thing to have a ready matched donor on hand in case yours type does.

Later in the week the bomb dropped and the Professor treating my wife told us that she is in a group of sub-segment leukaemias which means she will need a bone marrow transfer to beat this.
No matter how much I might hope and pray for a quick match , it isn't going to happen easily but we do know that the more people who are registered as willing bone marrow donors , the more chance I have of keeping my wife alive.

If you aren't already a registered donor in the UK please do us a favour and get in touch with the Anthony Nolan Trust The Anthony Nolan Trust | Reg. No. 803716 / SC038827 | Home [max age 40 years] or The British Bone Marrow Registry [ max age 49 years]

If like us you live outside the UK , the Belgian organisation can be found here: Rode Kruis-Vlaanderen [ max age 50 years] and there are similar organisations all over the world. These organisations share a global registry bone marrow donor database so please get registered as soon as possible. As the search is now on for a match for my wife it will widen and span the globe to try and find a donor.

I would be grateful if you could let me know details of organisations in your country that participate in the global registry. I know they are out there but I don't know who they are or how to refer people to them.

It's a quick blood test and some paperwork and you will be in the registry. By doing so you might be the 1:50,000 chance to save my wife's life during the next few months.
Thank you

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i am really sorry about reading that post. i hope your wife will get well soon. i am regular blood donor here in Turkiye and last night i gave blood to a patient who will have serious heard operation today. This weekend I'll go and complete the paperwork for being bone marrow donor as well.

hope you the best.

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I just checked for the US National Marrow Donor Program and there's a drive going on right now about a 10 minute walk from my apartment. I'll be walking down there right after I take a shower and eat a late breakfast.

Thanks for your post and I really hope it works out for your wife. I've been meaning to do this for a long time and always get sidetracked.

-Dave

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Super easy. No shots, I just swabbed my cheeks 4 times. It's iffy if I can do it. I've got epilepsy, but they're pretty sure I can donate since it's well treated and was caused by head trauma, not genetic. It took longer filling out the paperwork than swabbing and still it was 5 minutes.

-Dave

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Gekko

Reading your post I wanted to do all I can by registering, but I am sorry to say I am far beyond the age limits you mention.

I sincerely hope others feel sufficiently concerned to register, not just for Mrs Gecko but also for the cause.
COME ON PEOPLE - DO IT!

I hope to hear of a successful outcome to both your appeal for potential donors and more your own search for a suitable donor.

My thoughts and heart go out to Mrs Gecko, you and the family.

You already know you are among friends in this community.

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Fantastic people !!! Turkey, California, London , Moscow - Horizons really are Unlimited - thank you.

One of my wife's friends in the UK is doing a fundraising run to raise funds for the Anthony Nolan Trust. They are one of the main leukaemia support organisations in Europe so if anyone is wanting to help directly please follow this link: https://www.anthonynolanevents.org.u...etteOglethorpe

Mrs Gecko " Helen" , is just coming to the end of the first 5 weeks of treatment and she has done well. It has been truely awful to see what she has had to go through and spirits have been low many times but I have been able to lift her and share with her the fact that so many people are willing her to get better and are actively trying to help by signing up as donors.

She may be allowed home for a few days later this week. Her immune system has recovered from the first round of chemo and as soon as she can eat and drink the Doctor said she can come home for a while. It's only a small reprieve ahead of round 2 but it will be great to have her back at home where she belongs even just for a few days.

Thanks again for everyone's support - it really makes a difference to know that people really do care for each other when the chips are down.

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