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Can/should people with Lyme be bone marrow donors?
pippifern
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bettyg
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NO TO BONE MARROW, ORGANS, TISSUE, EYES .... EVERYTHING.
please look thru my newbie's links, advise, of 50+ pages i sent you .... there is a link in there from MELANIE REBER that discussed this in depth; 40-50 replies!
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CaliforniaLyme
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No no NO!(*!*)!*! GOSH NO!*)*!)!!!!!!
BUT that brings up an interesting story...
I know this Lymie in LA, this incredible woman, who was married to a doctor and had a daughter and was convinced they all had Lyme. Husband had MS diagnosis. So they test and test and TEST and negative, negative, NEGATIVE!!!!!!!!!
This is a true story.
So this woman, who is incredible, as you shall see, insists and arranges for them all 3 to have BMBs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BONE MARROW BIOPSIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And has those tested-
AND they are all 3 PCR positive for Lyme, Ehrlichiosis and Babesiosis!!!!!!!!!
True story. Incredible woman.
Wouldn't have been able to do it if her husband wasn't an MD of course, but still, incredible woman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks to both of you for the concise resounding answer. Too bad. It feels weird all of a sudden not to be able to help out in this way.
How interesting that the CA woman's biopsies ended up being The Test that worked.
Take care!
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sixgoofykids
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Considering the sickest people need bone marrow, we definately don't want to give them unhealthy marrow ... they have enough of a fight already.
Same thing with bood.
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Vermont_Lymie
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Oh no, that is too bad. A friend of mine has had leukemia, and I have been on the bone marrow potential donor list for years.
Sorry to hear that I will have to take my name off that list!
Sarah, thanks for the story about the BMB -- incredible that those were PCR positive!!
This helps explain why babesia and lyme are so hard to wipe out if not caught early....
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merrygirl
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This stinks. I just signed up to be a bone marrow donor before I got Lyme. (I am/was also an organ donor) thats too bad I was hoping to help someone some day.
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