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Hello Everyone,

James Ilari is 24 years of age and has recently been diagnosed with a rare bone marrow failure disease called Aplastic Anemia. It occurs when the bone marrow stops making the blood cells that you need such as: red blood cells which deliver oxygen to all parts of the body; white blood cells which help fight infections; and platelets which prevent bleeding.

James' condition is considered severe and its only cure is a bone marrow transplant. My sister and I have been tested and unfortunately, we are not a match. Time is critical in finding a match. His current treatment plan involves blood and platelet transfusions. This is a temporary treatment plan until a match is found. Transfusions are not effective as a long-term treatment strategy as there are associated risks (e.g. iron overload). James will undergo an alternative treatment plan called Immunosuppressive Drug Therapy in the event that a match is not found in the given timeframe. This treatment tends to be less complete and less permanent than in patients treated with bone marrow transplants. Also, after this treatment the risks of developing leukemia or MDS later in life are higher.

As you can understand and appreciate that this is a life-threatening illness and leaves so much uncertainty of the future. We are pleading to all of you and to your family and friends to please register today with OneMatch (www.onematch.ca) as you could save a life.

WHAT TO EXPECT IF YOU'RE A MATCH
Many people are still under the assumption that a bone marrow transplant is an invasive and painful procedure where a hollow needle is inserted into your pelvis to extract your bone marrow. This is certainly NOT the case today. Advanced stem cell research has made this process much easier. Today, the process is as simple as a blood transfusion. Doctors give you injections of medication to draw the blood stem cells out from your bone marrow and into your bloodstream. That way they can be easily filtered from your blood. The medication, filgrastim (Neupogen), is typically given as an injection once a day for four or five days before your bone marrow donation. This medication may cause flu like symptoms: body aches, headache, fatigue and nausea. These side effects subside once you complete the bone marrow stem cell donation.

During bone marrow donation, a machine collects your blood stem cells through a process called apheresis. Blood is drawn from your arm and runs through a machine that filters out the blood stem cells. Then your blood is returned to your body through your opposite arm. Apheresis takes four to six hours. You’ll typically undergo two to four hour session, depending on her many blood stem cells are needed. We hope this information helps to ease your mind about this process and encourages you and others to register today. If you are the match, one week of your time offers a future to James or someone else in need.

Below is the link that allows you to register on the world bone marrow registry through OneMatch Canadian Blood Services. It is completely free to register and it only takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. Please read the overview of the process involved to register.

Log on to the following website www.onematch.ca. Select "Click here to join OneMatch today"

Step 1: OneMatch Information Package<br> Read it thoroughly as there is a True and False knowledge test thereafter.

Step 2: OneMatch Knowledge Test
Complete the True or False questionnaire and click Submit. There are 10 questions to answer.

Step 3: OneMatch Registration Health Assessment
Complete the assessment based on your personal health.

Step 4: OneMatch Registration - Personal Information
Fill out your personal information so that they can send you the swab kit. This is used to test for a match. A blood sample at this point is not necessary unless you are considered a potential match.

Step 5: One Match Registration - Consent to Join the Registry
Read through the consent form. Select the checkmark "I have read, understood, and give consent to all of the statements listed above" and click "Submit my information and consent"

You will be contacted by a representative from OneMatch within 8-10 working days to discuss your eligibility to receive a buccal swab kit and proceed with your enrolment.

Please send this link to anyone and everyone that is willing and able to register and be a potential match for James. By joining, you've made a generous commitment, one that gives James and many others a chance at survival and more hope for the future. Again, time is critical so please join with OneMatch today.

On behalf of James and his family thank you to all for registering and passing on this e-mail. Should you have any questions about James, the OneMatch process or anything at all please feel free to contact me at marie_vrantsis@yahoo.ca.
 

Updated: Fri Jan. 02 2009 17:02:40

ctvottawa.ca

While Ottawa's unemployment numbers are better than most of the country, the region has not escaped the sobering reality of economic downturn.

About 19,000 tech workers lost their jobs here in 2008, according to Statistics Canada.

For a group of laid-off Bell Canada workers with long tenure at the company, the future is a mix of uncertainty and optimism as they hunt for new work.

Bell announced a cut of 2,500 workers in late-July: about 15 per cent of its non-union, middle-management workforce.

"It gets more depressing as each day goes by," says Dave Bathurst. "There will be several days with nothing, and then you get two or three calls.

"Our education has a lot to do with it. A lot of us came out of high school and into these jobs, and so now you go to job fairs and if you give them your resumé, they ask if you have a degree. And if you say no they just dump the resumé and don't even bother looking."

And the slumping economy isn't helping. When Bathurst follows up after job interviews, he finds that many positions have been put on hold.

Christine McGee cried for hours after receiving the pink slip. And then she stopped, and created "Life After Bell," a website for fellow layoff victims to share ideas, job prospects, success stories, and move on with life.

"If you are depressed you can't keep going forward, you have to put this behind you," says McGee, who has a few months left at Bell.

"To find unemployment for 25 or 30 years is virtually unheard of today. Our kids will never know that. It's just the way of the world today.

"So we have to transition, and the best way to do that is to communicate with each other and deal with our problems as a group."

Animosity towards Bell remains strong for many

Many of McGee's colleagues agree that Bell targeted older workers to improve the bottom line for the impending sale of parent company BCE, which has merged with CTV.

"We were part of the sale," says Mike Hayes.

"We've been sitting and waiting to see if we would get our $42.75 for our shares, but of course that deal fell through in December and that cost a lot of us a lot of money.

"We could have retired at age 55 with our years and service but we can't. We will still get our pension but at age 60, and if we take it at age 55 it's greatly reduced."

These Bell veterans also accused the company of heavy-handed behaviour with the job cuts, saying they've been replaced with contracted workers and overseas outsourcing. Some are even taking Bell to court, and any past warm and fuzzy feelings for their former employer have evaporated.

Wendy Lewis was nearing retirement when the market began to fall and the layoffs occurred. Now she's discovering that the job search can be difficult as an older worker.

"One of the reasons I think Bell is in so much trouble is because of what they have done, the way they have treated people," she says.

"They have lost some big customers. You can drive yourself crazy if you keep thinking about what has been done or what could be done."

Dec. 5 was Bill McAdam's last day with Bell after more than 30 years, and his father and grandfather worked there before him.

"You can't change anything now - you just have to get on with it, he told CTV Ottawa.

"I find you have to redo your resumé, and instead of saying 'I am proud to have over 30 years experience with Bell,' I just say 'over 20 years working with a hi-tech firm'."

With a report from CTV Ottawa's Paul Brent

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