So, the other week at the Watering Hole, , , , , drinking a touch of tequila, , , , an Ancestry DNA test add came on the TV. A couple people started to talk about it. The one couple had done it, , , , a few were thinking about it, , , , , somebody asked me if I was going to do it. Nope. It won't work on me. A mouth saliva "swab" or blood will only show my Stem Cell Donor's DNA. WWWWWWWWWWWHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, ya see, , , , , I have the Donor's bone marrow and my bones make the Donor's blood, not mine anymore. My flesh and organs are still mine. The looks on some of them faces, , , ,! Classic.

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So, you murder someone and the only evidence is a drop of blood, they arrest your donor? Man. Some weird karma going to come from that.

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Ninja !

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The DNA testing is interesting. Ancestry and 23andMe give somewhat different interpretations; I think Ancestry's enormous data resources give it an advantage.

It seems that much of the region including France and present-day Germany has a pretty thoroughly mixed population, so they may not be able to nail down locality info. The ability to do that in Britain and Ireland seems greater, and they absolutely nailed my Ostrobothnia family, a Finland coastal strip on the Gulf of Botnia centered on Vaasa. Placed the Slovaks a bit more loosely. I seem to have an ancestor born in Virginia in 1620 and a whole pile of them a bit later. Family name goes back to a family that moved from Cornwall to Baltimore after the US had gained independence. Latecomers.

CORRECTION: My saliva is mine but, it is no good for DNA testing because your saliva generally has blood in it.

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Ding, are u still making fins?

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Nope, no fins.

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BIG post-transplant day yesterday, , , , ,

One of my Nashville SCT Team nurses called and told me that my Stem Cell DONOR has requested permission to contact me !!!!!!!!!!!!! She emailed me the release of information consent form for Be The Match and I immediately signed it and emailed it back to her ASAP!!!!!!

In my little part of this World, , , , , , THAT is a really Big Deal for us recipients.

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And, , , , , , , I spoke with Josh, male, 28, today and we had a good 42 minute call. I'll drive over to St. Pete soon to meet him. He could have been anywhere in the world.

Oh and, who is Josh????

JOSH SAVED MY LIFE WITH HIS STEM CELLS!

FUCKING AYE BUBBA !!

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Edited: 11/10/2023 at 05:14 AM by dingpatch

Cool story. We need more people like him.

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I was right.

Ding, you need to teach someone how to make your fins. They are too cool to let them just fade away.

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I was right.

My friend Scott is beginning to get "up to speed". He became my "apprentice" in 2020 when the MDS started to set in.

He's still sort-of-kinda frustrated with various little "things" but, I told him that I really was not too sure about how/what I was doing until I did about 60 fins.

He is anxious to get to be able to get a few of his sold around about these parts, , , , , and to be able to say "I made that"!

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