Saving the Lives of People with Blood Cancer
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Ruth, a teacher from Yorkshire, received a stem cell transplant in 2016 after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Ruth has shared her transplant experience, and why she is so passionate now about improving post-transplant care. Find out how you can get involved with Anthony Nolan’s work to improve post-transplant care by sharing your…
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Kate was 15 years old when she received a stem cell transplant to treat her aplastic anaemia. After missing over a year of school, she’s now excited to be heading to university. Kate spoke to Caroline in Patient Services about her experience of having a transplant as a teenager, the support she has found helpful,…
An Anthony Nolan presentation moved Farida Dedes to sign up to the stem cell register. But it was a shock in 2016 when she found out she desperately needed a stem cell transplant herself. I was diagnosed with leukaemia soon after I turned 20.I was in my second year of university at the time and…
In recent years, the development of smart phones that are continuously connected to the internet has revolutionised virtually every aspect of our lives. We are now starting to see this technology being used to improve patient health care as well; including how patients document their symptoms and feed back to clinicians. Although improved communication between…
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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Nigel had a stem cell transplant in 2013 to treat acute myeloid leukemia ( AML). He spoke to Billie in patient services on his 5th transplant birthday about what his recovery has been like. Can you tell me what happened when you first became unwell? I’d had chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) for some time…
