More african and caribbean bone marrow donations needed

Diigo

Malcolm Frederick, many of you will remember him playing the role of Beastie in the 1980’s British Black Sitcom ‘NO PROBLEM’ along with a 30 year long list of theatre, film and TV credits to his name. 

Malcolm is suffering from a form of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma called Mantle Cell Lymphoma which is an aggressive form of the cancer.  The only 'cure' is a bone marrow transplant.  His siblings have been checked but unfortunately there isn't a match there, so we now have to look on the register.

The good news is that he is in remission at the moment but we have no knowledge of how long this will last.  The best time to do the bone marrow operation is ideally whilst he is in remission as he should be better able to deal with the side effects etc of this operation.  So he really needs the transplant as soon as possible.

The reality is that we Caribbean’s have a very unique genetic make up that is a result of slavery and the other influences in our history, so it is imperative that as many of us as possible sign up for the bone marrow register.

I've attached some literature on how to become a donor along with the relevant forms to be filled in. 

You can also find more information at www.aclt.co.uk

Please would you be kind enough to send this information on to as many people as possible in order to create an awareness of the necessity for us as a people to build a substantial bone marrow register.

Here are the latest dates of ACLT’s up and coming clinics:

• Saturday 7th October, Time 11am till 5pm at the Choice FM studios, GCap Media, 30 Leicester Square, London,WC2H 7LA

• Sunday 8th October, Time 1pm till 4pm at the Christian Life Fellowship, The Borough Hall, Royal Hill, London SE10 8RE

• Wednesday 11th October, Time 4pm till 7pm at the Leopold Primary School, Hawkeshead Road, Harlesden, London NW10 9UR (Anthony Nolan Trust clinic)

• Thursday 12th October, Time 5pm till 8pm at the Katherine Road Community Centre, 254 Katherine Road, Forest Gate E7 8PN (Anthony Nolan Trust clinic)

• Thursday 26th October, Time 12 to 3pm at the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, The Small Hall, Hornton Road, London W8

Diigo