Bone Marrow Donor

[Dive08]

I recently gave bone marrow (a few days ago) and am at home recovering. They took the marrow out of the back of my hip bone (near the lower back). Talking to the doctors they said recovery could take around two weeks with a month being about average.

However none of the medical staff were prior service, so specific questions regarding rucking and endurance events were answered with best guesses or blank stares. When I brought up (and explained) my upcoming SFAS train up one nurse asked if that meant I wanted to 'go eat snakes'.

I have an SFAS date in September and was wondering if anyone here has donated before and could share their experience or give any advice regarding its affect on their endurance and how their hips/lower back felt when they started rucking again.

Thanks for your time!

PS I could not find similar posts when running a search, apologies if I missed something.

[Egyptian Magician]

Not sure if I am too late but if you type in "Bone Marrow recovery" on google it comes up with a couple different websites with different answers to your many questions. My personal opinion would be to consult your doctor before you start any training, listen to your body and make sure you know when to stop. The last thing you would want to do is injure yourself because you did not allow your body proper time for recovery. Just make sure you think long and hard about what you do before you do it. Special Forces is not going anywhere and selection will be there when you are fully capable of performing at your 100%.