Imagine. You have cancer. Youâve been blasted and wasted with chemotherapy, along with every other poison the doctors could find to kill malignant cells. Most days youâre more dead than alive. Now there is one last chance for survival. Tomorrow you will be infused with your own, treated bone marrow frozen, stored, and safe in one of Californiaâs most prestigious hospitals. Then comes the note: âWe have your marrow.... pay or die.â