Saving the Lives of People with Blood Cancer
Getting diagnosed Only two weeks before my 18th birthday, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. My symptoms were scarce and vague which meant when it came to my diagnosis, my cancer was at a stage so bad, the tumours inside my chest were huge. One was the size of a melon and the other…
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‘When it comes to your own health, being a doctor can be both a blessing and a curse.’ In 2014, Jaya Ravindran found out that he had acute T cell lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukaemia – a kind of blood cancer. As a doctor himself, he knew all too well how things could go, which, he says,…
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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…
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Sarah Dyce, 34, from South London is stepping up her marathon training as she prepares to run to raise money for Anthony Nolan.
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In 2011, we found that 31% of people were afraid that donating would be painful.
That’s why our new #DonatingIsntScary campaign uses real stories from bone marrow and stem cell donors to bust that myth; read on to find out more!
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Heather Ross has given over 100 talks in schools and colleges as part of our R&Be programme for 16-18 year-olds. We caught up with her to find out how she reached this brilliant milestone, and what inspired her to get involved with our work.
