This October will be 3 years since my stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor – a kind person on the registry that was able to save my life. When I think about that – it really hits me that this time 3 years ago, I wouldn’t know if I would make...
Iain Stewart doesn’t have any family or friends affected by blood cancer, yet he didn’t hesitate to become a donor. “It was a spur of the moment decision,” Iain says, adding he simply “…thought it was a good thing to do.” When the then 30-year-old was called upon by...
I first found out about Strength to Give in my local Blood Donation Centre while attending my usual blood/plasma donation appointment. There was a poster displayed on the wall, and I asked my nurse about the organisation. I wanted to join the Australian Bone Marrow...
I joined Strength to Give after my sister, who is a doctor, signed up when she was doing a blood donation and encouraged me to do the same. It seemed like a pretty easy thing to do and had the potential to help someone that really needed it, with very little effort on...
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