Carolyn on Pearl Report

Pearl Report, an English TV journal from Hong Kong, explains and de-mystifies the whole process of bone marrow or stem cell donation.  Local doctors and Leukemia patients, including Carolyn, are interviewed for their different perspectives.  Thank you for Naomi, our smart and hard working cousin, for putting this together.  Watch.

This is why we need your help. Please watch.

Mama Urging For More New Registrant

Below is Mama, in Cantonese, pleading to Chinese from around the world to become a registered donor.
 

 
We are so so proud of her.
While she is no doubt enduring one of the toughest emotional and physical challenge of her life, she is also dealing with an unexpected PR challenge with poise and [...]

A Message from Charlie Young (楊采妮)

楊采妮呼籲市民去香港紅十字會登記為骨髓捐贈者, 以幫助譚家宜戰勝白血病。
Charlie Young (star of “Bangkok Dangerous” with Nicholas Cage) urges people to help save Carolyn Tam.

 
~ CLICK HERE TODAY TO BECOME A DONOR ~
 

Karen Mok (莫文蔚) urging people to help save her friend Carolyn Tam.

 

~ CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TODAY ~
 
 
 
 

鄭秀文呼籲市民登記為骨髓捐贈者

 
Visit your nearest HK Red Cross donor centre today and become a registered donor

(CTV BC) Family pushes for ethnic bone marrow donors

CTV British Columbia- Family pushes for ethnic bone marrow donors … Carolyn Tam has leukemia — and if she doesn’t get a bone marrow transplant, she will die. But Tam faces a bigger challenge than many –
because she is of … more

太陽報 東方日報 Hong Kong – July 13 2008

太陽報愛心基金東方日報慈善基金協助
血癌靚女求骨髓續命

Visit your nearest HK Red Cross donor centre today and become a registered donor
 
每一個人都可以成為我救命恩人！」不幸患上急性白血病（血癌）的譚家宜，急須在短期內覓得合適骨髓才能保命。風華正茂的家宜原擁有令人羨慕的一切，包括甜美的樣貌、成功的事業，還有疼愛她的家人；可惜，來勢洶洶的血癌卻令家宜的生命進入倒數階段。家宜與家人為抓緊每一個生存機會，即使尋遍地球每一個角落，亦希望尋得合適骨髓，為家宜及每一個血癌患者，找到他們的救命恩人。
家宜生於香港、長於香港，早年隨家人移居加拿大多倫多後，才開展生命的另一章。身為室內設計師的家宜，現於多倫多一間建築公司任職項目經理，前途無可限量，不料死神竟於去年三月悄悄降臨。
加國已籌集逾3000樣本
家宜憶述，當時突然發現頸部腫脹，經檢查後證實為急性血癌，並於同期接受化療醫治。完成化療後，病情已受控制。堅強的家宜還打趣地向母親說：「血癌只係小小考驗，一切都會過去！」可惜，今年四月，竟發現家宜白血球過低，證實她血癌復發。醫生指必須接受骨髓移植才能保命，惜母親與胞弟兩人分別只有一半基因與家宜接近，即使勉強進行移植，仍須冒極高風險；但當地醫院尋遍全球華裔骨髓捐贈者資料，亦未能覓得合適骨髓。
胞弟家強為拯救姊姊，親為姊姊設計一個個人網站（www.savecarolyn.com），向全球呼籲捐贈骨髓。而譚母劉慕平則在溫哥華及多倫多等地舉行多個骨髓籌集活動，成功收集近三千個樣本，惜至今仍未能找到合適骨髓。
生日願望盼救更多人
六月二十九日剛剛為家宜三十八歲生日，家強特別拋下在港工作飛往加拿大，與母親一同為家宜慶祝，「我唔知呢個係咪家姐最後一個生日，我會珍惜每一日！」家宜在生日前夕仍須接受化療，在藥物影響下，一頭烏髮早已掉盡，此刻的她面色蒼白，並以微弱的聲線道出或許是最後一個生日願望：「雖然我最後未必能夠避得過死神，但我都希望骨髓捐贈活動可以令更多人關注，搵到骨髓資料第日可以幫到更多人！」
家宜現時病情危急，刻不容緩，太陽報愛心基金與東方日報慈善基金正協助家宜尋找合適骨髓，有意捐贈骨髓者可致電2710 1234與紅十字會聯絡，該會會先為捐贈者登記，並抽取少量血液作紀錄及配對，倘捐贈者的血液合，會通知捐贈者作骨髓捐贈。

Janet Ko, leukemia survivor, urges you to become a registered donor

English with Mandarin translation

English with Cantonese translation

Fairchild TV Toronto Coverage on June 15 Drive

Carolyn’s Thank You Message To All Supporters

Mother & Dr. Joseph Wong on OMNI 2 TV Interview (1/4)

Mother & Dr. Joseph Wong on OMNI 2 TV Interview (2/4)

Mother & Dr. Joseph Wong on OMNI 2 TV Interview (3/4)

Mother & Dr. Joseph Wong on OMNI 2 TV Interview (4/4)

Mother’s plea to Toronto Chinese Community

Toronto Global News – urgent appeal

Toronto FairChild TV