Monday, December 26, 2016

No Donor Exchange (yet)

The rules are, wait one year after the transplant and then a request can be sent to the transplant donor to exchange names.  I filled out the form on November 9th, making the request and I received the answer just the other day.  It said that the clinic where the donor gave the transplant has a different policy.  They require a two year waiting period before names can be exchanged.

This was disappointing to say the least.  After waiting an entire year, I was anxious to learn something about my donor.  Since all of my blood and bone marrow came from him, it seems like we have a personal connection.  But now, I'll have to wait another year.  They did throw me a bone in another way though.  They said I can write an anonymous letter to the donor.  I'll be working on that next.

Beside the obvious "Thank you saving my life" kind of letter, I'll try to come up with something.  Any ideas?

3 comments:

  1. Just ? About what his or her life entails. I would be curious to know if they are allergic to anything or what foods they like . And if you can correlate that to changes in you

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  2. I would imagine he is a compassionate person who considers life valuable. If so, he might be glad to hear about your contributions to peoples lives. It might ease the pain on his painful donation.

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  3. I would tell her/him about you. About getting back to teaching. About playing in the Nutcracker and Tuba Christmas. The donation made all this possible.

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