Hello!
My name is David Arshakyan.
I was born on September 14, 1987 in Yerevan. I graduated from high school and then a Police Academy, and worked as a crime investigator.
Last year in July I got a pneumonia, when I had a blood test it turned out that I have an acute myeloblastic leukemia. This disease is not treated in Armenia, and this is why I came to St. Petersburg. Since September 2011 I have had four chemotherapy cycles at R.Gorbacheva Institute of Hematology and Transplantology. I still have to have four more cycles. But for complete recovery, I need bone marrow transplantation. I have no related donors and the only chance for me is to search for the donor at the International Donor Registry. To search for a donor in the registry costs 15000 euros, and the delivery of the transplant to St. Petersburg costs 2500 euros.
While I was ill my savings were exhausted, and I have no means to continue my medical treatment. I am not covered by federal insurance in Russia as I am a citizen of Armenia. Even more so it is not possible for me to find money for transplantation.
I believe that there are people who will be touched by my story and who will help me survive.

Respectfully, David
Contact phone:
+ 7 (965) 024-88-72 (Ashot Arshakyan, David's father)

Bill for the donor search in Germany
Clinical summary

Update as of January 26, 2012. David is completing the 6th cycle of chemotherapy under HyperCVAd regimen. He is in remission. However, only a partially matching donor has been found so far. After a discussion, it was decided to continue search. David really needs help with paying for the treatment.

Update as of February 13, 2012. Today David completed the 7th cycle of chemotherapy. A donor was found (David's parents raised and transferred the first installment of 5000 euros to the registry). Transplantation is being planned once the 8th cycle is completed. Since David is paying full cost of therapy, he needs help with paying off his debt for the donor search (10,000 euros) and paying for delivery of transplant (2500 euros), as well as covering the bills for treatment.

Update as of March 11, 2012. Transplantation was scheduled for April 12th.

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