I've registered my Bone Marrow should I ever be a match to donate. My wife has the same trouble donating blood in the states because she spent enough time in Britain to qualify as a possible mad cow.
> I'd love to be a bone marrow donor, along with being a
> blood donor and an organ donor (obviously when I'm dead)
> unfortunately in New Zealand most Brits can't because of
> the tiniest chance of passing on Mad Cow disease. In my
> case it would probably be a high likliehood of me passing
> on Mad Cow's, however, you give that option to someone who
> only has a short time to live and I bet they won't give a
> fuck about going nutty in a few years time.
>
> > Adrian Sudbury was in my class at school, and about a year
> > ago I was told that he had his own blog, because he'd been
> > diagnosed with two different types of leukaemia (the first
> > person in medical history). Anyway, after extensive chemo
> > treatment and a whole load of sh!t his leukaemia has
> > returned and he has weeks/months to live. Please check
> > out his blog if you have time, it is very inspiring stuff
> > and puts a lot of stuff into perspective.
> >
> > He is currently on a crusade to promote bone marrow
> > donation. Please consider helping out if you can.
> >
> > http://baldyblog.freshblogs.co.uk/
> >
> > Cheers
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