I live in Australia and in 2010 I was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma when I was 24 years old. I underwent various forms of treatment including chemotherapy, radiation and an autologous stem cell transplant but unfortunately none of these could get the cancer into remission. In 2011 I was told I would need to undergo an Allogeneic transplant and from the beginning my doctor told me it would be difficult to find my match due to my Lebanese heritage. This was the first time my family and I had even heard about the existence of the bone marrow registry and…