Thank you to James Hazell for having me on his show today

I don't know how i did but will listen to myself shortly to see how i sounded. Thank you for the kind comments i have recieved off family so far, keep them coming as it is nice to hear from people even if i don't know you.
I am just going to re-explain my knowledge of how to become a donor as it will be easier for everyone to access if it is the first post of the day. Right so to go on the anthony nolan register (www.anthonynolan.org) you send a saliva sample to begin with, or the next time you give blood then ask the unit to also put you on the bone marrow register. 1 in 1,000 people will be asked to be a donor so i think it is worth giving that saliva sample as it is pain free and you may not be needed for another 20 years. To donote the stem cells if you are requested to be a donor, can be done in 2 ways (whichever you choose) Blood- you will have injections a week prior to donating. This is to get your blood producing more cells than you normally would. When you donate the stem cells you are hooked up to a machine for about 4 hours which seperates the stem cells and puts your blood back through your other arm. I have had a similar procedure done to seperate all my white cells when i was producing to many. I found it very boring as i couldn't move my arms but wasn't in any pain afterwards and was fine the next day. Bone- You will be under general anasthetic for this, so that is the risk like with any other procedure done under anasthetic. They will take the stem cells from usually 6 different parts of the hip bone and you will be sore for about 5 days after the procedure. I have given 3 bone marrow samples before and it is a simialr procedure apart from i was awake. I was having 50x less taken than a donor would and i only had 1 punture site on my hip. I was sore for a few days but nothing serious. I will be posting the footage of the sample i had taken, so that it may help people understand a bit more about the procedures involved for bone marrow donors. I hope to encourage more people to join the bone marrow register in the future.