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Rabbi Ronald Roth on Myelofibrosis, Bone Marrow Transplants, and Expanding the Donor Registry
Host Mike Roth introduces season eight of Villages Vitality Life, Seniors Life Unscripted and continues a series on medical issues facing seniors with guest Rabbi Emeritus Ronald Roth, his brother. Roth recounts being diagnosed in 1978 with essential thrombocythemia that progressed in 2015 to myelofibrosis, a blood cancer involving scarring of the bone marrow that reduces blood cell production. After declining counts and limited benefit from injections, he pursued a potentially curative bone marrow transplant at Mount Sinai in 2018 using a haploidentical half-match from his son Gabe after no perfect registry matches were found; he describes hospitalization, slow engraftment, and a year-long recovery. He advises seeing specialists, supporting research, getting regular blood tests, joining support groups, and expanding donor registries via NMDP/Be The Match and Gift of Life, especially for minority groups.
00:00 Season Eight Kickoff
00:40 Meet Rabbi Ronald Roth
02:20 Diagnosis to Transplant
05:45 Understanding Myelofibrosis
06:45 Symptoms and Monitoring
08:20 Alzheimers Tip Break
09:15 Advice and New Therapies
11:30 Support Research and Registry
15:28 How to Become a Donor
18:25 New Treatments and Recovery
23:33 Resources and Closing Thanks
26:11 Show Wrap and Supporters
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