Everyone is invited to do a good deed during \u201cDanske Bank Vilnius Marathon\u201d!<\/p>\n
In the heart of the Vilnius old town \u2013Cathedral square \u2013 thousands of people are going to gather for \u201cDanske Bank Vilnius Marathon\u201d. Special attention is going to be set to an initiative \u201cB\u016bk geras\u201d (\u201cBe Good<\/em>\u201d) which is aiming to show the society blood diseases\u2019 treatment\u2019s and bone marrow donation \u2018s problems. Also, it is going to complement to making Lithuanian unrelated bone marrow donor register bigger \u2013 everyone is invited to do a good deed ant to register to it.<\/p>\n \u201cI was surprised to find out that it is so easy to become a bone marrow donor and what a simple procedure the donating is. After it you start feeling that you\u2019ve made something so unreal and simple at the same time. It\u2019s unreal because you\u2019ve just saved someone\u2019s life and simple because you didn\u2019t have to do anything \u2013 everything was done by the team of doctors. I want this to be understood by more people\u201d reveals Edvinas who became a donor to give his bone marrows to a little girl just a year ago.<\/p>\n Edvinas was encouraged to become a donor 5 years ago when a friend of his found out that she had cancer. He was 30 years old by that time. \u201cImagine yourself having a blood disease. You need a donor, otherwise you will die. You are surrounded by so many people and one of them could give you a chance to survive if he or she only registered to bone marrow donor register. Don\u2019t be that anonymous person, register. Let\u2019s help each other out.\u201d<\/p>\n According to director of Lithuanian unrelated bone marrow donor register, doctor haematologist Rita \u010cekauskien\u0117, people have negative associations to a phrase \u201cblood marrow donation\u201c. \u201eMost of the people don\u2018t know that this donation\u00a0 is not harmful to a donor because every person\u2019s blood marrows are constantly renewing themselves and the procedure isn\u2019t painful.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cToday blood marrow transplantation is the only way to save a person who is ill with a serious blood disease when the other ways are ineffective. In some cases it\u2019s very important to find a donor very fast. Sometimes there are cases when it\u2019s impossible to find the right donor to a global register which has over 24 million members. You might be the only one who can save a person who\u2019s ill with a deadly disease\u201d said R. \u010cekauskien\u0117.<\/p>\n Director of Lithuanian unrelated bone marrow donor register reassures that even the full marathon distance runners will be able to register. \u201cWhile signing up, you only have to fill out the consent form to be included into the register and a form about your health, also, to give 9ml of blood from a vein for examination. This amount won\u2019t do any harm to a person\u2019s health so everyone will be able to register.\u201d<\/p>\n Ieva Dr\u0117gvien\u0117, head of community of blood cancer patients \u201eKraujas\u201c told us that there will be runners\u2018 team \u201eAlpenkime v\u0117\u017e\u012f\u201c (\u201coutrun the cancer<\/em>\u201d) in \u201eDanske Bank Vilnius Marathon\u201c which is going to support the beautiful idea of becoming a donor. \u201cThere will be doctors, nurses, psychologists, blood marrow donors, survivors of blood cancer and others who support the donation running. We invite everyone to register and to help Lithuanian blood marrow donor register grow. For those who still have doubts \u2013 come, talk to us.\u201d<\/p>\n If you are from age 18 to 35, you can join\u00a0the blood marrow register. For more information, visit www.kraujas.lt<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"