{"id":7231,"date":"2011-10-10T00:11:25","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T05:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/?p=7231"},"modified":"2011-10-10T00:13:32","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T05:13:32","slug":"amit-needs-your-brown-bones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/10\/amit-needs-your-brown-bones\/","title":{"rendered":"Amit Needs Your Brown Bones"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The internet world frenzied with bone marrow call outs this week when word spread that entrepreneur Amit Gupta, founder of\u00a0 http:\/\/photojojo.com\/<\/a> discovered he has acute leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant.<\/p>\n\n

Two weeks ago I got a call from my doctor, who I\u2019d gone to see the day before because I\u2019d been feeling worn out and was losing weight, and wasn\u2019t sure why. He was brief: \u201cAmit, you\u2019ve got Acute Leukemia. You need to enter treatment right away.\u201d<\/blockquote>\n\n

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I was terrified.\u00a0I packed a backpack full of clothes, went to the hospital as he\u2019d 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\u2019t been caught, I\u2019d have died within weeks.<\/blockquote>\n\n

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I have a couple more months of chemo to go, then the next step is a bone marrow transplant…. [M]inorities are severely underrepresented\u00a0in the bone marrow pool, and\u00a0I need help<\/strong>. [amitgupta<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n

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We’ve told you before of numerous cases where bone marrow donors are needed –\u00a0 for Sonia Rai<\/a>, Maya Chamberlin<\/a>, Vinay & Sameer<\/a>, Bevin Varughese<\/a>, and more. For the most part, these stories have ended tragically. The sad thing is, they did not have to end the way they did. The health disparity is stark: There are 9.5 million people in the bone marrow registry; only 1% of them are of South Asian descent; that means South Asians have a 1 in 20,000 chance of finding a match.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

What are you waiting for? A simple (FREE) cheek swab can save a life.<\/strong> I’ve been in the registry since 2005. It’s painless, I promise. A Q-tip rubbed on the inside of your cheek, that’s it. More painless than burning your tongue on hot chai. Get your kit sent to you in the mail today<\/a>.<\/strong> Or if in NYC, go to the awesome Brown Bones party on Oct 14th at New Work City hosted by Amit’s friends<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Need more of an incentive? If you are the first certified match, Amit’s friend Seth Godin will give you $10,000<\/a>. Seriously.<\/p>\n\n

To follow Amit’s journey, check out his tweets at @superamit<\/a>, Tumblr with him<\/a> and of course the obligatory FuckYeahAmitGupta<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Remember – it’s not just Amit that will benefit. There are many other Desis such as Anand Patel who are also looking for bone marrow donors.<\/a> You could save a life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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