by Lisa | Sep 11, 2023 | Bright Red Hero's
It feels important to support Bright Red because nearly 19 years ago on the 26th November 2004 I was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia. I was young to be given this diagnosis as I was only 31 years old. It is typically a man’s disease over the age of 60....
by Lisa | Sep 7, 2023 | Bright Red Hero's
My journey with the blood cancer team at the Freeman Hospital began in March 2013 when I was first diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. This came completely out of the blue as I was to all intents and purposes a fit and active 53yr old. I spent the next few months...
by Lisa | Sep 5, 2023 | Bright Red Hero's
I was an inpatient in Ward 33 at Freeman Hospital for almost 5 months in 2020/21. I had Aplastic Anaemia and required 2 stem cell transplants, the second of which saved my life. Being in hospital for such a long time was hard. Even more so because I was a long way...
by Lisa | Sep 4, 2023 | Bright Red Hero's
Over Christmas of 2019 I noticed something wasn’t right. I was 26 and as a personal trainer and boxing coach I kept myself very fit and active, engaged to my then fiancé we were planning our wedding the following year in Santorini. We talked about starting a family...
by Lisa | Sep 2, 2023 | Bright Red Hero's
I received a bone marrow transplant on Ward 33 in the Freeman Hospital during January 2019. I wanted to find a way of saying “thankyou” for the magnificent care that I received from all the staff and wished to support the continuing work in research and diagnosis for...
