gan. Over 17,000 copies were dis-
tributed.
The response, recalls Ms.
Jacobs, "was amazing."
"We were getting people call-
ing us with breast cancer and
other solid tumors, and we found
that we weren't set up to help
them," Ms. Jacobs said.
Ms. Jacobs left her job in 1990
to form the link, which has since
operated out of her daughter's
old bedroom. Since then, she has
accumulated a database of the
people who have been served as
well as others who are there to
help. The link continues to re-
ceive telephone calls around the
clock on its 800-telephone line
which are then assigned to 30
volunteers located around the
country.
With over 20,000 such trans-
plants taking place in 300 med-
ical centers each year, the NBMT
Link has seen an increase in the
number of requests for assis-
tance. In the first four years,
2,000 calls came in; in the past
12 months, another 1,000 people
called for help. Breast cancer pa-
tients comprise about 40 percent
of the callers.
In the near future, the orga-
nization is hoping to attract
enough donations to open an of-
fice and hire staff members. In
addition, the NBMT Link is
planning to print reference book-
lets, one of which has been writ-
ten by Keren Stronach.
Ms. Stronach said she was
very appreciative of the practi-
cal advice people offered her
when she was preparing to un-
dergo her transplant in October
1994.
"Other people helped me, and
now it is my turn to help others,"
she said.
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