Jo was just six months into a new relationship when she was told she had six months to live. She shares her experience of dealing with her diagnosis, treatment and searching for a matching stem cell donor, while not letting cancer stop her living her life with her partner, Pete. My diagnosis I was 22…
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‘It’s in the darkest moments in your life that you see the best in humanity and see just how many people really care for and about you’ – Keith’s story
When Keith, 48 from Kettering, was diagnosed with hairy cell leukaemia, a type of blood cancer, he turned his love of football into a chance to raise funds and awareness about stem cell donation. Support from my football club I was diagnosed with hairy cell leukaemia on 11 July 2018 – as a football…
‘By this point, Anthony Nolan is part of your everyday life. I think continually about my recipient.’ – Holly’s story, part two
After Holly donated her stem cells in May 2017, she kick-started a mission to tell as many people as possible about Anthony Nolan as well as raise lifesaving funds. Spreading the word Donating my stem cells was just the start of my lifelong journey with Anthony Nolan. Throughout my donation, I had taken to social…
‘I knew if I was ever the best match for someone I would do it. No thinking required’ – Holly’s donation story, part one
Holly’s Anthony Nolan story began when she first joined the stem cell register in 2016, but it didn’t stop there as she’s gone the extra mile to spread the word and help save lives. For many people, when I start explaining Anthony Nolan and the process of donating stem cells, their brain goes ‘medical,…