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Changing lives – Andy’s 10 year supporter journey

Changing lives – Andy’s 10 year supporter journey

April 4, 2018 by Priscilla Eyles

  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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Filed Under: Donor Stories, Supporter Stories Tagged With: Liverpool, stem cell donation, stem cell donor, volunteering

‘I can do anything I set my mind to’ – Amy’s donation and fundraising journey

‘I can do anything I set my mind to’ – Amy’s donation and fundraising journey

Sam ButlerJanuary 16, 2018 by Sam Butler

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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Filed Under: Donor Stories, Supporter Stories Tagged With: charity, fundraising, stem cell donor

‘Been there, done that, got the T-shirt’ – Luke’s Donation Story

‘Been there, done that, got the T-shirt’ – Luke’s Donation Story

Sam ButlerNovember 10, 2017 by Sam Butler

 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…

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Filed Under: Donor Stories Tagged With: anthony nolan, blood cancer, bone marrow register, donor, donors, real stories, stem cell, stem cell donation, stem cell donor, stem cell register

My lifesaving marathon – Norman’s story

My lifesaving marathon – Norman’s story

Sam ButlerMarch 14, 2016 by Sam Butler

Norman Grimes became one of the first people in the world to successfully donate bone marrow when he saved the life of aplastic anaemia patient Joanna Ciruk in 1981.

Now Norman, of Gravesend in Kent, is preparing to run his ninth marathon to raise money for Anthony Nolan.

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Filed Under: Donor Stories, Supporter Stories Tagged With: anthony nolan, London Marathon, shirley nolan, stem cell donor

Axel’s story – donating stem cells, an international friendship, and Diamonds for Rice

Axel’s story – donating stem cells, an international friendship, and Diamonds for Rice

Sam ButlerJanuary 27, 2016 by Sam Butler

In 2004, Anthony Nolan found a stem cell donor for businessman Eric Evans – in the form of Axel Drewes, a young man living in Germany, who’d signed up to the DKMS register.

Eric would go on to need another two stem cell transplants from Axel over the next decade. Over time, a remarkable friendship grew between the two men; one that’s chronicled in Eric’s upcoming autobiography, ‘Diamonds for Rice’.

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Filed Under: Donor Stories, Supporter Stories, Uncategorized Tagged With: diamonds for rice, stem cell donor

Beth’s story – my lifesaving stem cell transplant

Beth’s story – my lifesaving stem cell transplant

Sam ButlerJanuary 26, 2016 by Sam Butler

When she was still only three years old, Beth was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. After a series of relapses, she was told that she’d need a stem cell transplant to give her any chance of life.

In today’s blog, she tells her amazing story – and why she’s supporting Anthony Nolan this World Cancer Day.

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Filed Under: Science & Policy, Supporter Stories, Uncategorized Tagged With: acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, bone marrow transplant, stem cell donor, stem cell transplant, world cancer day

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