Saving the Lives of People with Blood Cancer
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When Elise Smith joined our register in June 2013 she never expected to become a stem cell donor twice nor did she expect to find love – but she did. Her decision to help others kick-started her date with destiny and set her on her path to meet her future husband to discuss being…
Journalist, writer and broadcaster Carl Anka blogs honestly about his fears and concerns around donating and how he overcame them to do an ‘amazing’ and ‘selfless’ act. My friend was diagnosed with cancer in 2015, and a lot of my friends and I signed up in support. To be honest, I signed up then mostly…
Former Anthony Nolan staffer Francis Mason blogs about how doing something as simple as donating his stem cells turned out to be one of the most amazing things he’s done. I used to work for Anthony Nolan in their digital team and joined the register not long after starting, when I was 28. I had…
A series of coincidences led Liverpudlian Andy Mitchell to donate stem cells in 2008. Little did Andy know at the time that donating meant not only changing his recipient’s life, but also changing Andy’s life for the better too. Here he tells his story of becoming an Anthony Nolan supporter and living a more fulfilled…
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How it all began Back in 2009, I’d found myself feeling a bit lost. I’d been working at the same place for six years straight out of university, and although I liked my job, something just didn’t feel right. It was a normal day at work when I came across a poster saying something like…
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Luke joined the Anthony Nolan stem cell register in 2013 after loosing his uncle to multiple myeloma. Few years later he became a donor himself. Here is his story: How it all started… I joined the Anthony Nolan register back in 2013, at a Lincoln Marrow ‘Give a Spit’ event. This was not my…
