The Good News
I have a wife and 2 young boys, a wonderful family and a very close network of friends and work colleagues who have been incredibly supportive through this entire ordeal and with what can only be described as a miraculous recovery are very proud to have their husband, father, friend and colleague back. I am […]
Hope
By Darren Williams I recently had the pleasure of competing in the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic (http://www.canoeclassic.asn.au), a 111km overnight race/paddle down the Hawkesbury River. This is an annual mecca for kayak and canoe enthusiasts plus anyone else looking to test their abilities on the water or just has that needed dash of insanity. It is […]
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 […]