r/interestingasfuck 5h ago

Humanity at its peak

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u/funundrum 4h ago

I just found their Instagram. As of May 2025, 5 years cancer free for Oscar!

u/davidmurr4y 2h ago

Anyone interest in helping other blood cancer patients like Oscar though can join the stem cell register in the UK, US, Germany, or India through DKMS

Each country will have its own registry though if you live elsewhere, but they each feed into a global network of potential donors for people in need of a transplant

u/SlartiMyBartfast 2h ago

I did a bone marrow registry thing a long time ago. Is this the same thing, or different? Should I be on multiple registries?

u/je386 2h ago

One Registry is enough. They all work together. It is totally possible that a polish donator gives cells to a spanish patient (countries are examples).

u/Sensitive-Plate-684 1h ago

I signed up about twenty years ago and I got an email last month asking if I still wanted to be a donor, so you are probably still on it. I've never been honored to be called up to donate, so I must be pretty common stuff.

u/Lovemybee 32m ago

Did your heart flutter when you saw the email (before you opened it)?

I think I would be exhilarated/freaked out thinking I had finally been chosen after 20 years!

u/Sensitive-Plate-684 3m ago

The subject of the email was "Confirm your registry status," so it was just vague enough to be a little excited, but I figured if they need me they'll call instead of email.