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mareen: LOVE this for our friend Amit. via What Would Jennifer Do » Blog Archive » I Love You Amit. I Hate Cancer.: The past few days my twitter feed has consisted of three things: 1. The Yankees 2. Steve Jobs RIP 3. Help Amit Gupta! So, I guess the Yankees lost a game or something. Then, Steve Jobs died far too young and sadly we couldn’t do anything about that. But then, there is Amit- one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. His enthusiasm makes the world seem a little more fun, a little less depressing, and a lot more awesome. And now very suddenly he’s battling leukemia. I’m tired of talented wonderful people dying of cancer.  Do not stall. Get a Q-tip, stick it in your cheek and mail it back. The process is free and you can sign up right here. International friends check out this list of registries here. For those of you who are kinky and like to swab in public with friends then there’s a party October 14th in NYC. More info here. Please help get the word out any way you can. If you are in Germany, no problem, because the registries exchange data, and ZKRD in Düsseldorf does so with marrow.org – there is also DKMS, bigger, but only recommended by, not cooperating with marrow.org (teach me better if I am wrong).In case you are ever going to give birth to a child, make sure to donate left-over umbilical cord blood stem cells, because they are very helpful here, too. mareenLOVE this for our friend Amit.via What Would Jennifer Do » Blog Archive » I Love You Amit. I Hate Cancer.:The past few days my twitter feed has consisted of three things:1. The Yankees2. Steve Jobs RIP3. Help Amit Gupta!So, I guess the Yankees lost a game or something. Then, Steve Jobs died far too young and sadly we couldn’t do anything about that.But then, there is Amit- one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. His enthusiasm makes the world seem a little more fun, a little less depressing, and a lot more awesome.And now very suddenly he’s battling leukemia.I’m tired of talented wonderful people dying of cancer. Do not stall. Get a Q-tip, stick it in your cheek and mail it back. The process is free and you can sign up right here. International friends check out this list of registries here.For those of you who are kinky and like to swab in public with friends then there’s a party October 14th in NYC. More info here.Please help get the word out any way you can.If you are in Germany, no problem, because the registries exchange data, and ZKRD in Düsseldorf does so with marrow.org – there is also DKMS, bigger, but only recommended by, not cooperating with marrow.org (teach me better if I am wrong).In case you are ever going to give birth to a child, make sure to donate left-over umbilical cord blood stem cells, because they are very helpful here, too.

mareen:

LOVE this for our friend Amit.

via What Would Jennifer Do » Blog Archive » I Love You Amit. I Hate Cancer.:

The past few days my twitter feed has consisted of three things:
1. The Yankees
2. Steve Jobs RIP
3. Help Amit Gupta!

So, I guess the Yankees lost a game or something. Then, Steve Jobs died far too young and sadly we couldn’t do anything about that.

But then, there is Amit- one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. His enthusiasm makes the world seem a little more fun, a little less depressing, and a lot more awesome.

And now very suddenly he’s battling leukemia.

I’m tired of talented wonderful people dying of cancer.  Do not stall. Get a Q-tip, stick it in your cheek and mail it back. The process is free and you can sign up right here. International friends check out this list of registries here.

For those of you who are kinky and like to swab in public with friends then there’s a party October 14th in NYC. More info here.

Please help get the word out any way you can.

If you are in Germany, no problem, because the registries exchange data, and ZKRD in Düsseldorf does so with marrow.org – there is also DKMS, bigger, but only recommended by, not cooperating with marrow.org (teach me better if I am wrong).
In case you are ever going to give birth to a child, make sure to donate left-over umbilical cord blood stem cells, because they are very helpful here, too.

mareen
LOVE this for our friend Amit.

via What Would Jennifer Do » Blog Archive » I Love You Amit. I Hate Cancer.:

The past few days my twitter feed has consisted of three things:
1. The Yankees
2. Steve Jobs RIP
3. Help Amit Gupta!

So, I guess the Yankees lost a game or something. Then, Steve Jobs died far too young and sadly we couldn’t do anything about that.

But then, there is Amit- one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. His enthusiasm makes the world seem a little more fun, a little less depressing, and a lot more awesome.

And now very suddenly he’s battling leukemia.

I’m tired of talented wonderful people dying of cancer. Do not stall. Get a Q-tip, stick it in your cheek and mail it back. The process is free and you can sign up right here. International friends check out this list of registries here.

For those of you who are kinky and like to swab in public with friends then there’s a party October 14th in NYC. More info here.

Please help get the word out any way you can.
If you are in Germany, no problem, because the registries exchange data, and ZKRD in Düsseldorf does so with marrow.org – there is also DKMS, bigger, but only recommended by, not cooperating with marrow.org (teach me better if I am wrong).
In case you are ever going to give birth to a child, make sure to donate left-over umbilical cord blood stem cells, because they are very helpful here, too.

laurenlemon: Help out a friend. You might know him, he started a little photo website known as Photojojo. superamit: Two weeks ago I got a call from my doctor, who I’d gone to see the day before because I’d been feeling worn out and was losing weight, and wasn’t sure why. He was brief: “Amit, you’ve got Acute Leukemia. You need to enter treatment right away.” I was terrified. I packed a backpack full of clothes, went to the hospital as he’d instructed, and had transfusions through the night to allow me to take a flight home at 7am the next day. I Googled acute leukemia as I lay in my hospital bed, learning that if it hadn’t been caught, I’d have died within weeks. — I have a couple more months of chemo to go, then the next step is a bone marrow transplant. As Jay and Tony describe below, minorities are severely underrepresented in the bone marrow pool, and I need help. A few ways to help: If you’re South Asian, get a free test by mail. You rub your cheeks with a cotton swab and mail it back. It’s easy. If you’re in NYC, you can go to this event my friends are putting on. If you know any South Asians (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, or Sri Lanka), please point ‘em to the links above. Thank you. jayparkinsonmd: My friend Amit Gupta founded my favorite photography site Photojojo. A few weeks ago, he was diagnosed with leukemia. Amit is one of the nicest, most genuine, most creative people you could ever meet. Prior to founding the awesome Photojojo, he also co-founded Jelly in 2006 in NYC, a coworking community, that’s now spread to 60 cities across the world and helped spark the coworking revolution. It looks like Amit will need a bone marrow transplant quite soon. We can help him with that. tony b: Unlike blood transfusions, finding a genetic match for bone marrow that his body will accept is no easy task. The national bone marrow registry has 9.5 million records on file, yet the chances of someone from South Asian descent of finding a match are only 1 in 20,000. This is where we come in. We’re going to destroy those odds. How? By finding and registering as many people of South Asian descent as we possibly can. Tests are easy– a simple swab of the cheek. If you’re a match, the donation involves an outpatient procedure. It’s not fun, but it’s not dangerous either. And doing it could save a life. We are encouraging anyone of South Asian descent to take a test to see if you’re a match.  You can get a free test by mail, or, if you’re in New York, you can join us Friday, October 14th for a special party to rally support. We’ll have test kits on hand at the party, as well as music, booze, and maybe even a photo booth. It will, for the first time, combine a House 2.0-style party with a New Work City-style party, and if you’ve ever been to either, you know they are always something special. Please spread the word and please do everything you can to help Amit beat leukemia. He’s a superstar. Much thanks to Tony and pals for organizing this event, and EVERYONE who’s been tweeting and reblogging. Please help get the word out any way you can. My life quite literally depends on it.

laurenlemon:

Help out a friend. You might know him, he started a little photo website known as Photojojo.

superamit:

Two weeks ago I got a call from my doctor, who I’d gone to see the day before because I’d been feeling worn out and was losing weight, and wasn’t sure why.

He was brief: “Amit, you’ve got Acute Leukemia. You need to enter treatment right away.”

I was terrified. I packed a backpack full of clothes, went to the hospital as he’d instructed, and had transfusions through the night to allow me to take a flight home at 7am the next day. I Googled acute leukemia as I lay in my hospital bed, learning that if it hadn’t been caught, I’d have died within weeks.

—

I have a couple more months of chemo to go, then the next step is a bone marrow transplant. As Jay and Tony describe below, minorities are severely underrepresented in the bone marrow pool, and I need help.

A few ways to help:

  1. If you’re South Asian, get a free test by mail. You rub your cheeks with a cotton swab and mail it back. It’s easy.
  2. If you’re in NYC, you can go to this event my friends are putting on.
  3. If you know any South Asians (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, or Sri Lanka), please point ‘em to the links above. Thank you.

jayparkinsonmd:

My friend Amit Gupta founded my favorite photography site Photojojo. A few weeks ago, he was diagnosed with leukemia. Amit is one of the nicest, most genuine, most creative people you could ever meet. Prior to founding the awesome Photojojo, he also co-founded Jelly in 2006 in NYC, a coworking community, that’s now spread to 60 cities across the world and helped spark the coworking revolution. It looks like Amit will need a bone marrow transplant quite soon. We can help him with that.

tony b:

Unlike blood transfusions, finding a genetic match for bone marrow that his body will accept is no easy task. The national bone marrow registry has 9.5 million records on file, yet the chances of someone from South Asian descent of finding a match are only 1 in 20,000.

This is where we come in. We’re going to destroy those odds.

How? By finding and registering as many people of South Asian descent as we possibly can.

Tests are easy– a simple swab of the cheek. If you’re a match, the donation involves an outpatient procedure. It’s not fun, but it’s not dangerous either. And doing it could save a life.

We are encouraging anyone of South Asian descent to take a test to see if you’re a match. 

You can get a free test by mail, or, if you’re in New York, you can join us Friday, October 14th for a special party to rally support.

We’ll have test kits on hand at the party, as well as music, booze, and maybe even a photo booth. It will, for the first time, combine a House 2.0-style party with a New Work City-style party, and if you’ve ever been to either, you know they are always something special.

Please spread the word and please do everything you can to help Amit beat leukemia. He’s a superstar.

Much thanks to Tony and pals for organizing this event, and EVERYONE who’s been tweeting and reblogging.

Please help get the word out any way you can. My life quite literally depends on it.