Reflections from Arrow’s small beginnings
By Meredith Ashby (now known as Merri Sheppard) – Arrow’s first Honorary Secretary. Each year, a Christmas party was held for bone marrow patients and the staff at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. Bone marrow transplants were still in their infancy and it was a great way for the staff to get to know the patients […]
From Transplant to Twins!
An extract from the speech that Julie Soon gave at the Allan Frenkel Foundation’s 16th annual fundraising dinner party on the 20th June, 2015. Julie is a mother of twin boys, a corporate lawyer, an Arrow director and a past bone marrow transplant patient. What are some of the goals you’ve set yourself recently? At […]
A letter from Rome
By John Fitzsimon Just over 37 years ago I learned about leukaemia. The hard way. I was a 17 year old schoolboy with no experience of illness or accidents, nor any pointy medical instruments beyond the occasional dentist needle and drill! At that time my main thoughts were on what I might do once I […]