June 24, 2008
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ProjectMichelle.com
Michelle Maykin is 26 years old. Diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in February 2007, Michelle underwent chemotherapy for seven months but relapsed in May 2008.
She now needs to find a bone marrow match to save her life. You could be that person. Please consider registering as a bone marrow donor. To learn more, visit projectmichelle.com.
Comments (9)
thank you for this. am going to forward to all my friends. take care!
My goodness. They really need to find an easier way to extract bone marrow. Right now I understand it’s about equal in pain to giving birth.
wow, we actually finally worked together but didn’t…
great cause!
miss ya man
this is awesome, and i hope michelle finds her match. however, we need to come up with a way to have ONE NATIONAL BONE MARROW REGISTRY, versus have so many disjointed organizations. I’m currently registered with the HLA, but that probably means I won’t be surveyed as a match for Michelle right?
@moritheil -
Actually, it’s supposed to be a lot easier now and more similar to donating blood. Plus, they give you an anesthetic (unless you don’t want it). And though you may be sore for a few days, my comedian friend, Danny Cho (who has actually donated marrow) says: “it can’t hurt as much as dying.”
@delaSEOUL -
There is one national marrow registry. There are just different orgs that you can register through. Unfortunately, they haven’t found a match yet, thus the effort, Project Michelle (which is not trying to be a separate organization as they are working with both the Asian American Donor Program and Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches, etc.)
@Peachies -
This is true. And interesting. Thanks.
hmm, are there any registry places in/near chicago?
*checking watch* I still have time… its still 11PM on the West Coast.. just wanted to wish you a happy birthday!! I sent you a card a while back but it got returned to me
How are you? Hope things are going well 