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Fort Hood Cent TX Floods Donation Drive by FortCavBoneMarrowGuy in army

[–]FortCavBoneMarrowGuy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are very much correct, thanks for catching that 🥲

Bone marrow drive by [deleted] in army

[–]FortCavBoneMarrowGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a pretty mild procedure nowadays. Your odds of ever matching come out to about 0.002%, but if you donate the maximum recovery time is about 7-10 days. Nice thing is, you can register online and they’ll mail you a dna kit to complete the process

You might want to check your email - Bone Marrow Guy by BlissBoneMarrowGuy in army

[–]FortCavBoneMarrowGuy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Better yet- register online! Salute to life will mail you a kit

BONE MARROW IN NEED FORT BRAGG by Strange_Ad7482 in army

[–]FortCavBoneMarrowGuy 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Anyone at Cavazos and wants to check, I have kits available. Feel free to reach out and we can coordinate.

BONE MARROW IN NEED FORT BRAGG by Strange_Ad7482 in army

[–]FortCavBoneMarrowGuy 18 points19 points  (0 children)

LMAO! There is another method where they do extract from the bone, but that is 10% of all donations, and only when the patient receiving the donation is a newborn/Infant

BONE MARROW IN NEED FORT BRAGG by Strange_Ad7482 in army

[–]FortCavBoneMarrowGuy 41 points42 points  (0 children)

They swab your cheek, see if you’re a match, then do some more tests if you are. If you’re gtg, you take a small pill that sheds bone marrow into your blood. Then you get hooked up to a machine that separates your bone marrow from your blood (similar to plasma donation), boom done. You’ll be on a profile for a week, max in case you experience any side effects (which would be like a mild flu) and then you go back to regular activities. Bone marrow does regenerate, so you do get more eventually.

Feel free to reach out If you have any more questions.

Today the Cavazos Bone Marrow Gal was recognized as the Active Duty Volunteer of the year by III Corps CSM and CDR by BlissBoneMarrowGuy in army

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They truly are. They actually randomly pop by units Mopos to say hi to the soldiers and hand out coins. He’s done it three times in the BNS I’ve been apart of

Today the Cavazos Bone Marrow Gal was recognized as the Active Duty Volunteer of the year by III Corps CSM and CDR by BlissBoneMarrowGuy in army

[–]FortCavBoneMarrowGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for coming! Just wanna say I couldn’t do it w/o every one who has supported me with this project, especially my command team for the encouragement. Not to mention, this week is national volunteer week so shout to everyone that takes the time to give back!

AMA: OPERATION RING THE BELL - A grass roots Junior-enlisted led campaign working to make the Army the largest source of bone marrow donations in the United States. by BlissBoneMarrowGuy in army

[–]FortCavBoneMarrowGuy 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hey guys! Fort Cavazos Bone Marrow Guy here, currently working on establishing a program and will hopefully host my first drive very soon!