My transplant journey by Nikhil Autar
I was 17 years old, and in the middle of my Higher School Certificate, when I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) in 2011, at Liverpool Hospital. I received my first two rounds of intense chemotherapy there, but because the leukaemia was advanced, and detected late, the doctors knew I had to have a […]
My wife Sylvia
by Philip Hartog My wife, Sylvia Hartog, was diagnosed with myelofibrosis in April 2010 at 49 years of age. Myelofibrosis is a disorder of the bone marrow in which the bone marrow is replaced by fibrous scar tissue, impairing its ability to produce normal blood cells. In practical terms, gradually the ‘bad’ cells replace all […]