Bone marrow, found inside bones, contains immature stem cells that can be harvested and coaxed to develop into different types of blood cells. A healthy person can donate their bone marrow to a person who is sick and would be helped by it. During donation, surgeons remove a marrow sample from the hip bone. It is then treated and stored for a patient to use in a transplant.
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I had the procedure on a Wednesday, came home Thursday, and went to work the following Monday. Within a week I was 70% recovered, within a month 90% and the last 10% came within 6-7 weeks.