General Hospital’s John J. York opens up about his blood and bone marrow disorder and having to take a break from the show
opened up about being diagnosed with a blood and bone marrow disorder — and having to take a break on the show he has appeared on since 1991.General Hospital
and here it is,” York, 64 — who portrays Malcolm Scorpio on the daytime soap opera — shared in a video posted to on Wednesday, September 13. “So last December 2022, I was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS, and multiple smoldering myeloma — two blood and bone marrow disorders.”, myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of cancers that occur when immature blood cells in the bone marrow do not become healthy blood cells.
On Friday, September 22, York revealed that he has received some promising news in regards to finding a donor.. “So we’re going to start our testing and all that kind of stuff coming up here, in about a week. I believe the transplant will happen in November.”York got emotional when talking about what he would say to the potential donor.
“Thank you for saving my life. For letting me spend more time with my wife, my daughter, my son-in-law, my grandchildren, seeing this beautiful blue sky,” he explained.
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