Question: Any registered marrow donors? Have you donated? [View All]

[Solly Mack]

What was the experience like? (to include any ah... "slight discomfort"?)

I became a donor through this program. Military personnel participation in this program is high.

C.W. Bill Young DoD Marrow Donor Program

"The National Marrow Donor Program is the coordinating center in Minneapolis, MN with over 200 participating organizations, including donor centers, transplant centers, clinical and research laboratories for transplant matching. The NMDP provides a national coordinating center where patients can become matched with volunteers registered at donor centers, like the C.W. Bill Young/DoD Marrow Donor Center. This transplant therapy is used to treat as many as 70 different potentially fatal diseases that can be cured by replacement of diseased marrow from a healthy donor. If a volunteer matches a patient, they will be contacted by a staff member of the C.W.Bill Young/DoD Marrow Donor Center and they will receive extensive counseling and medical evaluation to ensure their desire to proceed with the process and that they are in good health.

The DoD has played a vital role in the development of this life-saving national program due to the established spirit of volunteerism of members within the Armed Forces. The C.W. Bill Young/DoD Marrow Donor Center is one of the largest in the world and provides the largest volume of life-saving marrow for patients throughout the world."