Free Bone Marrow Donor Do-It-Yourself Cheek Swab Kit

[GloryB]

Join Now - online registration for Be The Match Marrow Registry

When you join the Be The Match Registry®, you become part of every patient's search for a bone marrow donor. You could be the one to save a life.Be The Match relies on financial contributions to help cover the $100 cost of adding each new donor to the registry. As part of your donor registration process, you will have the opportunity to make a financial contribution. We encourage you to make a gift. Any amount helps.
It's easy to join the Be The Match Registry:
1. Confirm you meet basic registry guidelines.
2. Complete the online form and order your registration kit. When you join, please also consider making a financial contribution.
3. Follow the instructions in your kit to collect a swab of cheek cells and return the kit

[bobrainman]

if you sign up it cost them $100 to add you, so please only sign up if you really want to donate bone marrow, and you should read what that means before you do it, its not like donating blood. This is serious people, please do not do it unless you really want to do this, this is a life saving situation.

[Neuling]

There was a program on donating bone marrow on TV today and they put it as though it was a simple thing to do, like donating blood.
I know little about it, but they said the donor automatically gets a health and life insurance covering the donation. That doesn't sound very motivating, even if bone marrow can of course help the recipient a lot.

Has anyone donated bone marrow and how does it work? Does it hurt?