Paediatric Stem Cell Transplants Webinar
Our next webinar is on soon, and we’d love you to join us! We will be in conversation with Clinical Nurse Consultant Sally Anderson from the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. She will be giving us an insight into the journey of Paediatric Stem Cell Transplants, and the first 12 months post transplant. Register at […]
Sydney Marathon – Laura’s run for Francesca
Laura Garbo recently completed her first major Marathon, an incredible achievement made even more meaningful by her decision to run in support of Arrow, raising over $2,000 for stem cell transplant patients. The Arrow cause is close to Laura’s heart, adding extra significance to her first Sydney Marathon which she described as “a fabulous experience, […]
Research Priorities for Paediatric Stem Cell Transplants
The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) have recently concluded an excellent piece of research into what matters most to those dealing with paediatric stem cell transplants, and we are proud to have played some small part in that project through inviting our patients, carers, and healthcare professionals to participate. The Bone Marrow Transplantation in Paediatrics […]
Transplant Talk LIVE: Webinar all about stem cell collection, matching, & more!
Our next webinar is on soon, and we’d love you to join us! We will be in conversation with Lisa Smith, CEO of Stem Cell Donors Australia (formerly Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry) and Dr Hung Yang, also from Stem Cell Donors Australia. They will be talking with us about Stem Cell Donors Australia (formerly […]
Living with long-term GvHD – Serina’s story
Thursday 7th November 2002 is a day Serina Dosen will never forget. It’s the day she received her new stem cells, and a second chance at life. But it’s also the day she began her “new normal” life, with a body that requires more care than most. Serina is living with long-term GvHD. “Looking after […]
Living with Multiple Myeloma – Aamu’s story
You don’t expect to have to wear nappies and learn to walk again when you’ve been successfully adulting for decades. And you don’t expect to follow that up with having to watch your 19-year-old learn to walk again either. But that’s what happened to Aamu. It all began with chronic back pain with no apparent […]
Bedside Nursing Degree for Courtney Hughes!
Courtney Hughes’ pathway to her nursing career is not your average one, but then Courtney probably isn’t your average kind of girl. Courtney was leading an active life, busy working as a prison officer doing lots of physically demanding work leading bush regeneration projects with crews of inmates, and on top of that doing Crossfit […]
BMT for Crohn’s Disease – The worst and the best time of my life
“My bone marrow transplant was the worst and the best time of my life.” That’s how Jordan Lambropoulos describes her ground-breaking stem cell transplant now that she has another year of living under her belt. Bone marrow or stem cell transplants are nothing new, so what makes Jordy’s transplant so ground-breaking? Well, as far as […]
Sam Sheehan and Aplastic Anaemia
Meet Sam Sheehan, an Aussie living and working in Vietnam with his partner. Sam, with his ever-positive outlook on life, put a lot of his seemingly innocent health woes down to travel bugs and a difference in health care systems, but as one symptom lead to another, Sam started to come to the realization that […]
Transplant Talk Live: NSW Young Australian of the Year Nihkil Autar
Meet NSW Young Australian of the Year for 2024 Nikhil Autar! We’re thrilled to announce Nikhil Autar, NSW Young Australian of the Year 2024, as the guest on the first of our patient webinar series called “Transplant Talk Live“. Join us at 7:30 pm on 12th March 2024 to hear him in conversation with Yvonne […]
Better together: ANZTCT joins forces with Arrow
We are pleased to announce our newly formalised relationship with Australian and New Zealand Transplant and Cellular Therapy (ANZTCT). ANZTCT, formerly known as the Bone Marrow Transplant Society of Australia and New Zealand, is a society consisting of clinicians, advanced trainees, scientists, medical graduates, nurses, data managers and pharmacists, involved in the clinical or laboratory […]
The Straight and Marrow
Arrow is proudly sponsoring the second season of The Straight & Marrow, a fabulous podcast that discusses all things allogeneic bone marrow transplant from pre-transplant considerations to survivorship using experiences of health care providers, patients & carers with current evidence to keep it straight. When GvHD Nurse Consultant Alexandra Rivalland and BMT Nurse Practitioner Yvonne Panek-Hudson […]