by admin | Jun 23, 2022 | Bright Red Hero's
Volunteering with Bright Red was something I wanted to do because of my Dad. My Dad has got a severe form of blood cancer that is incurable. He was diagnosed before I was born, and I was 8 when it came back. His cancer is rare and, ultimately, incurable. For me, this...
by admin | Jun 23, 2022 | Bright Red Hero's
It was 14th December 2018, the day that life as I knew it would change forever. The words I never thought I would ever hear “You have cancer…incurable cancer”. I was diagnosed with myeloma, a cancer I had not even heard of before. It’s still a blur, raw – you feel...
by admin | Jun 23, 2022 | Bright Red Hero's
PART ONE: I had no health concerns at all. I would cycle about 10 miles a day to work. I had no inkling whatsoever that there would be anything wrong. Then, I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia. It came as a shock to me; I only went into hospital because I had...
by admin | Jun 23, 2022 | Bright Red Hero's
PART TWO: You may remember last week’s spotlight about Dave Whittaker and his cancer journey . We wanted to celebrate his amazing support for Bright Red and thank him for his charitable achievements. In 2013, Dave was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia and went...
by admin | Jun 23, 2022 | Bright Red Hero's
“People would always ask: ‘what is it like to have a stem cell transplant?’ I would say the first one is like climbing Roseberry Topping in Middlesbrough – a hill that’s challenging if you go up the hard route. The second transplant would be like climbing Mount...
