Dear Friends and Scion Family Members,

I know that we are all busy with our lives with all the hustle and bustle. Having fun modding our XB,XA,TC,XB2,XD...our cars. About 1 year ago my father had cancer in the tonsil. I was flying back and forth from Milpitas to Whigbey Island Washington to be with him. He undergo surgery,radiation and chemotheraphy. This was a very painful proceedure for him. So I know what Michelle is going through. Thank God that he is cancer free as of now.

Please take a moment to read the below email. My brother in laws little cousin's girlfriend, Michelle Maykin, needs a bone marrow transplant. You can save her live. The process is very simple and free. Please register and forward this email to all of your family and friends.


Michelle's Website:
http://www.projectmichelle.com

Thanks,

John Juanta
aka "SCIONJOHN"

cell# 408-888-7230

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(A letter from my brother in law Patrick Le)

Hi everyone,

Please take a moment to read this email. My best friend of 15 years, Michelle Maykin, has been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), which is a cancer of the blood. She is in urgent need of a bone marrow transplant. Michelle is 26 years old -- she is an incredible human being and friend. Michelle was first diagnosed in February 2007. This past week we learned Michelle had relapsed and her cancer had returned.

Michelle, a Chinese-Vietnamese American and Berkeley alum, urgently needs our help in giving her a new chance at life. She is undergoing chemotherapy at present but needs to find a match for her bone marrow transplant by June 21st .

Fortunately, you can help. Let's use the power of the net to save her life…something that couldn't be done years ago, but is now possible.

Three Things You Can Do

1. Please get registered.

Getting registered is quick and requires a simple cheek swab and paperwork (10 minutes of your time). If you are actually a match, the donation process is VERY similar to giving blood.

We have created an organization called "Project Michelle" (www.projectmichelle.com) to increase the number of Asians registered in the bone marrow registry. Our goal is to enroll 15,000 Asians. Her match is most likely to come from a person of Asian descent, however, very few Asians are actually in the registry and this makes it very difficult for doctors to find them a match. This is why we need your help.

We are currently organizing drives nationwide, and I need you to get registered by visiting a local drive. Please check our website for information about drives in your area (http://www.projectmichelle.com/calendar.html).

You can also get registered easily by ordering a free home kit http://www.aadp.org/pages/register.php. Please indicate in the additional notes box of your test materials "For Michelle Maykin. To be expedited.".

2. Organize a drive.

Organize a drive in your community (workplace, church, community center , etc.) http://www.projectmichelle.com/howtodrives.html.

At a minimum, please share this email message with at least 20 people, and ask them to do the same. Please point your friends to local drives, ask them to get registered, and organize a drive in their own community.

Please use the power of your address book to spread this message – today more than ever before, we can achieve broad scale and be part of a large online movement to save lives.

3. Learn more

To learn more, please visit (www.projectmichelle.com). The site includes more details on how to organize your own drive, valuable information about leukemia, plus FAQs on registering.

Thank you for getting registered and joining this effort to help Michelle win her fight against leukemia – and for helping others who may face blood disorders in the future.

With love,

Mabel
(Michelle Mother)

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FAQs on Bone Marrow Transplant

How do I know if I'm a match?

If you are found to be a possible match, you will be contacted by the National Registry or your local center. You will be presented with the option of proceeding to the next level of testing.

How my marrow is collected?

The most common procedure is peripheral blood stem cell collection. You are given injections to support overproduction of marrow, which is then released into your circulating blood. The cells are collected by removing blood from a vein in your arm during a simple procedure. This is very similar to donating blood – isn't it amazing that it's that easy to save someone's life?!

 

John this is awesome that you posted this here, I hope it all goes well for them

 

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I double bump you! Pls. pass this flyer to other "CLUBS". HONDA, ACURA, TOYOTA, SCIONS, MAZDA, NISSAN, CHEVY.........ETC...

HELP SAVE A LIFE!!!

 

There is actually a blood drive for project michelle this weekend in San Jose. I play to attend. Here is the info for it.

Date:
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Time:
10:00am - 3:00pm
Location:
Chua Duc Vien (Vietnamese Buddhist Temple)
Street:
2420 McLaughlin Ave. (At Tully & McLaughlin)
City/Town:
San Jose, CA

 

Thank you very much Alex for posting and planning to attend the coming blood drive for Michelle. I myself is planning to go to the Palo Alto Standford sight next week.

This is her update status as of yesterday:

Subject: Need Positive Energy (Update from Van)
Time: 5:30 am.

UPDATE (From Mabel):
Michelle's surgeon just notified us that her appendectomy went well. It was done laparoscopically, and she was juiced up with platelets beforehand, which helped everything run smoothly. Hopefully just one night in the hospital, and then back home to recover tomorrow night. Thank you all for the positive thoughts, it's working.

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We learned a lesson tonight. Listen to your body. Long story short...what started as a sharp pain has now revealed an appendicitis. Operation coming soon. While this would be a quick and easy surgery for most, Michelle's extremely low platelet and white blood cell counts complicate matters quite a bit.

Michelle would really like everyone to send positive thoughts her way.

http://www.projectmichelle.com/


Thank you to everyone for your support!

John Juanta
aka "scionjohn"

 

BUMP

 

BUMP AND TTT!

Thank you for the Bump!

Good to see you back at Toyota/Scion 101 at Redwood City!

 

Thanks!!

Sorry I am not Asian but I am going to donate blood!

 

Thank you very much for your kindnes and time ! Donating your blood is worth someones lifetime. "SAVE A LIFE"

 

ttt

BUMP! PLEASE!

SAVE A LIFE!

 

From 1 OG, to another...for my main Man...ScionJohn...!!! I hope everything works out real well, real soon...!!!

Bumpity

 

Nice to hear/see you on line bro! Thank you for your support.

TTT

SAVE A LIFE!

 

TTT

 

My heart goes out to the Michelle and their family. I can know how difficult it is since I have a 15 year old cousin that is fighting Leukemia also.