Posted: 5/10/2006 10:32:24 AM EDT
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One of our own AR15.com hometown members, Todd - aka "Flamethrower", has been diagnosed with Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS). In essence, this is a pre-leukemia condition that requires a Bone Marrow Transplant. Read Todd's Message Here. One of the main ways that you can help is getting your blood tested to get on the National Bone Marrow Registry. Many of the folks here have expressed interest in doing just that. Now you can get tested and on the registry by having your physician draw the blood and send it in. Typically, that will cost you something like $75. However, this weekend there is a drive for donors going on in WI. You can be tested for free at the following dates/times/locations: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Friday, May 12, 2006 11:00am-1:00pm Milwaukee County Sheriffs Safety Building - Wolke Gym 821 West State St Milwaukee, WI ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Friday, May 12, 2006 7:00am-4:00pm Childrens hospital (Blood drive also) 999 N 92nd ST - 2nd Floor Wauwatosa, WI ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Saturday, May 13, 2006 7:00am-10:30am 13th annual Women of the World Conference Italian Community Center 631 E Chicago St. Milwaukee, WI ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Saturday, May 13, 2006 10:00am-2:00pm Kathy's House 600 N 103rd St. Milwaukee, WI ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Saturday, May 13, 2006 9:00am-2:00pm Radisson Center 300 2nd St South La Crosse, WI ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ It think it would be great for us to come together as a hometown community and get tested together, so here's a poll to see which dates/times/locations work best for you. I would hope that we a good number of us could meet up, get tested, and then do lunch or dinner afterward. Please vote in the poll and post your suggestions on when we should meet up (either before, or afterward). |
I was planning on one of the Saterday sites, but I'm not sure which would be closest from the South. If we're planning a meet up, I'll go where ever. I could also take off, say the afternon Friday, if that's what is most popular. Since I've turned in my 2 weeks notice anyway: What are they going to do? Fire me?!  Holding off on a vote for now..... |
Dammit.  I put the wrong end time on the Italian Community Center collection, but I can't change the poll (donations stop at 10 AM). It looks like we will have to hit Kathy's House to do the testing if we meet up at noon. It's right near the zoo, so the guys coming from Madison should have an even easier time getting there (trust me, you don't ant to go throught the Marquette interchange right now). Is two hours enough time to get stuck and typed?
 Thanks bud. I'm sorry we couldn't get together on this, but both giving blood and getting on the donor list is more important than the socialization. |
OK. Kathy's House it is. I'm not sure we'll even be getting stuck, though. From what I've been reading it seems like the initial registration is just done with an inside the mouth swab. So you may want to lay off the onions for breakfast. |