# On behalf of Michael Brecker (Bone marrow transplant)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-behalf-of-michael-brecker-bone-marrow-transplant/316850>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 13, 2005, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-behalf-of-michael-brecker-bone-marrow-transplant/316850 "2005-08-13T09:53:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-behalf-of-michael-brecker-bone-marrow-transplant/316850/21 "2007-01-14T04:58:36Z")

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I am so sorry.

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**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-behalf-of-michael-brecker-bone-marrow-transplant/316850/22 "2007-01-14T05:32:59Z")

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**TubaDiva** , I’m so sorry for your loss.

You’ll be in my thoughts as I donate on Monday.

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**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-behalf-of-michael-brecker-bone-marrow-transplant/316850/23 "2007-01-14T07:41:35Z")

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Terrible news; I’m sorry, **Tubadiva**. It’s awful, not just losing a friend, but knowing that there’s probably someone out there who could have helped but didn’t know to get in the database.

A bone-marrow transplant saved the life of my and **Improv\_Geek** ’s mother this summer; the donor wasn’t a perfect match, but appears (so far) to have been close enough.

Sign up and get in the registry, everyone.

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-behalf-of-michael-brecker-bone-marrow-transplant/316850/24 "2007-01-14T13:31:01Z")

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I’m so sorry to hear this outcoime for him and you and the others in his life.

I had one friend that got bone marrow and is doing fine years later, and another that couldn’t get a match, and died. It’s heart breaking to sit around waiting for a donner that may never show up.

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**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-behalf-of-michael-brecker-bone-marrow-transplant/316850/25 "2007-01-14T14:59:35Z")

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I am so sorry, **TubaDiva**.

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