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[–] 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The hell you on about? People do that all the time.

I’m part of a big group now that is in a pool doctors all over the US can check to see if they can find a match for people, because a friend of mine died from leukemia a long time ago. They couldn’t find a match for him, but maybe I can match with someone else someday.

BTW, gonna shamelessly plug NMDP. They do good work.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    See you mentioned the important bit: we get checked to be in a large database pool for potential patients. Not to match with a specific friend, because as nice as that would be, it is very unlikely to ever happen.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    So? There’s no harm in trying anyways. Why are you so against a small test on the off-chance it could save a friend’s life? It’s not as if you’re being asked to submit a whole kidney for testing or something.

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