Today is the 7 year anniversary (transplanniversary?) of my stem cell transplant for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia #ALL
With gratitude and heartfelt thanks:
to my amazing stem cell donor who selflessly signed himself up to the @AnthonyNolan registry and saved my life
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With gratitude and heartfelt thanks:
to my amazing stem cell donor who selflessly signed himself up to the @AnthonyNolan registry and saved my life1/
Cont’d...
to the wonderful @AnthonyNolan for creating & running the bone marrow registry
to the incredible staff at @royalmarsdenNHS who got me to this point seven years ago, got me through my difficult recovery & are still helping me
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to the wonderful @AnthonyNolan for creating & running the bone marrow registry
to the incredible staff at @royalmarsdenNHS who got me to this point seven years ago, got me through my difficult recovery & are still helping me2/
to all researchers, clinician scientists & trials staff whose research has improved treatments & survival rates (special thanks to @AdeleKFielding, @davidmarks1958 & all the UKALL14 study group for their hard graft in developing & running “my” trial & @CR_UK for funding it)3/
to anyone who has ever fundraised for, or donated to charities like @AnthonyNolan @DKMS_uk @bloodcancer_uk @royalmarsden @CR_UK @LeukaemiaCareUK @CureLeukaemia & many more.
to these charities
who fund research & support us - always fighting our corner.4/
to my family & friends - old & new - whose support has been pivotal over these last seven plus years. (Special mention to @debsoneil for “that” moment in Bud Flanagan West when my ondansetron wasn’t quite up to coping with my interesting lunch choice
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to @bloodcancer_uk @AnthonyNolan @NCRI_partners @BTRUinStemCells & others for giving me a sense of purpose.
to #PPI Twitter community for your welcome & support; to my @bloodcancer_uk Ambassador buddies for keeping me sane for the 10 months.A thousand thanks all

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