last night was the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Cause for Celebration night. i have never been to a cause for celebration, but this season i'm a mentor, so i thought it would be great for me to show some some support and join in. i also thought it would be encouraging to my mentees who were there to see me involved. so, i called in so reinforcements myself, and asked my cousin jackie to tag along. she agreed and we went to see what it was all about. basically, we all cheered as they announced all the teams that were participating this season, ski, run/walk, tri (that's mine), cycling and so on. they went on to explain how much each team had raised so far and what could be done with that money. i didn't hear exactly how many researchers' salaries we could fund so far. but that researcher could be the next person to discover the new drug to help cure cancer.
they also had a talk about the bone marrow registry. i've heard so many things about it and i always wanted to be a part of the registry in hopes that i could help someone else out. but, for some reason i was scared. well last night i wasn't. i decided to join the registry. jackie did too. for someone in need for a bone marrow transplant, it has a lot to do with the person's ethnicity. one of the people that spoke is currently on the list for a transplant, but b/c his mother is british and his father is south american he is having such a hard time finding a match. now i know you are asking well what about his family. you only have a 30% chance that someone in your family is a match. and you need at least 20,000 donors to find 1 match. and, to top that off the number of ethnic people that are on the registry is extremely low. they are dire need of people of different ethnic backgrounds. and if you are thinking that the procedure is too painful, do your research. technology now has evolved, it's not that bad. so i encourage all of you to have a little selflessness and join the registry.
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