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September 24, 2003
H ealth
Nelly Kicks Off Bone Marrow Drive
Rap artist helps others while helping stricken sister
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organ donations, these bone marrow trans
plants require matching certain tissue
traits, which are inherited and most lik e ly
to match those within racial/ethnic groups.
N elly has highlighted a special need in
communities o f color which others have
been working on for some time. The fact is
that many communities o f color have a low
donation rate despite critical needs o f
patients o f color.
Some o f that hesitancy is due to past
mistrust o f the medical community and a
fear that racism w ill mean their organs w ill
more likely go to whites or that doctors
won’t work as hard to save them if they
know the patient is an organ donor. Some is
due to religious beliefs or misunderstand
ings about organ donation. Some is just due
to lack o f community awareness about the
desperate need for organ donors from people
o f color for thousands o f our brothers and
sisters on waiting lists across the nation.
P owell J ackson
Most o f us who don’t have friends or
relatives in need o f healthy kidneys or
livers or lungs or hearts or bone marrow
don't think about donation o f organs.
N ow the rap artist N e lly is showing the
kinder face o f rap m usic, w hile helping
m any young fans, especially those o f color,
to understand the critical need for organ
donation in our communities.
It seems that N e lly ’s sister, Jackie, is
fighting for her life and he is determined to
help her succeed. Jackie has leukem ia and
needs a stem cell transplant but so far has
been unable to find a match. In his efforts
to help Jackie, N e lly has kicked o ff a na
tionwide bone marrow donor drive this
summer and fall.
So far more than a thousand new do
nors have been identified, but that is still
far below the 3,000 needed at any one time
b y patients searching for matches. L ik e
Happily, this last reason is changing as
more people become aware o f the need and
are signing up to become donors. But we
need more donors o f color.
Talking about organ donation is d iffi
cult for many o f us because it forces us to
think about our own death and that o f
those we love. But not all organ donations
have to be done after death. In the case o f
bone marrow donation, for instance, it
only requires a surgical procedure. In other
cases, people are choosing to donate one
o f their kidneys to a loved one because we
can live with one kidney.
But even when it comes to talking about
organ donation after death, our doing so
may offer someone else the gift o f life.
What if, like N elly, it was your sister who
needed an organ or tissue donation to live.
W ouldn’t you understand the urgency o f
such a conversation in a new w ay?
More inform ation on organ and tis-
Rap artist Nelly has kicked o ff a nationwide bone marrow donor drive as part
o f an effort to help his sister, who suffers from leukemia, find a stem cell
transplant.
sue donation is a va ila b le on the Internet
at
w w w .s h a r e y o u r lif e .o r g
or
w w w .organdonor.gov.
Bernice Powell Jackson is the execu
tive minister fo r Justice and Witness Min
istries fo r the United Church o f Christ.
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Stroke Prevention, Recovery Addressed
“S urvive Stroke: Before, During
and After,”a public forum for people
interested in learning the latest
about stroke prevention, risk fac
tors, treatment and recovery, w ill
be held Saturday, Sept. 27 from 9
a.m. to noon at the Doubletree Hotel
L lo y d
C e n te r,
10 0 0 N .E .
Multnomah. The event is hosted
by the Am erican Stroke A ssocia
tion and presented by the Provi
dence Stroke Center.
N o one wants to b elieve a
stroke w ill ever strike their fa m ily
or loved ones. But a stroke can
happen to anyone, w ith deadly or
d isab lin g effects. In fact, Oregon
has the fifth highest death rate
from stroke in the nation. A t
tend this free forum to learn how
people can a vo id stroke, as w ell
as steps to take during and after
a stroke to help chances for re
co very.
For reservations, call 5 0 3 -23 3 -
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Making Healthy Food Choices
Breakfast can start
your day off right
W hat’ s yo ur excuse for s k ip
ping b reakfast? “1 don ’ t have
tim e,” “I ’ m fine w ith co ffee,” or
“I ’ m not hungry when I get up”
are a ll excuses licensed d ietitian
V a le rie Edw ards hears often.
“ It’ s hard when you don ’t usu
a lly eat a m orning meal to make it
part o f yo ur d a ily routine,” says
Edw ards, a dietitian w ith P ro v i
dence Portland M e d ical Center.
“But i f you keep experim enting
and find out what w orks best,
y o u ’ ll en jo y the m any benefits
from eating a healthy breakfast.”
A cco rd in g to the A m erican D i
etetic A sso cia tio n , eating break
fast can help you control w eight,
think clearer and help low er cho
lesterol, w hich reduces the risk o f
heart disease.
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I ’m a 42-year-o ld woman stuck in a relationship o f 5
years. M y boyfriend cheats on me and I keep taking him
back. I foundoutabout the latestaffairw hen I checked
his phone b ill and saw his ex-girlfrien d ’s number so I
called her. She said she hadn't talked to him but called
him at the end o f our conversation. T h is isn ’t the first
time w e’ve been through this and he gets mad when I
call these women. T e ll me i f I ’m right or wrong for
staying with him and for making these c a lls? — H e a r t
b y sk ip p in g breakfast? C h an ces
are y o u ’ ll be starved by lunch,
w hich m ay lead you to overeat
later in the day.
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