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Patients' stories

Everyone's experience is different when living with these diseases. Read the stories of others who are living with leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma, or a related blood disorder below. Would you like to share your story? Why not tell us, and your story can appear here:

Date Patient story title

03 Jun 08

Luke's story
Luke Cunningham, from South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula loves sport and the great outdoors. The 27 year-old builder from Port Lincoln plays footy with his beloved Wayback Football Club, rides motocross, plays tennis and is an avid sailor, having competed in the Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race on three occasions...

03 Jun 08

Shaz's story
Shaz Mebberson is a Territorian on a mission. She’s fighting cancer. And her mission is to beat it.    Shaz arrived in the Top End from New Zealand, via Sydney 20 years ago. Within twelve months, she had met her soul mate, Mebbo, and in 1990 they married...

30 May 08

Louise's story in her own words
After a very healthy pregnancy I gave birth to my son Callum in January 1987, a few months after he was born I started to feel very tired, my joints got very sore (especially my knees) and I had high temperatures accompanied with sweats.

28 Sep 07

Cassandra Appeals to Qld
Local Gladstone mother of two, Cassandra Walden never suspected twelve months ago when she volunteered her time for the Leukaemia Foundation of Queensland’s annual Doorknock Appeal she would be turning to them for assistance just 8 months later...

28 Sep 07

Bone Marrow Transplant Patients
The Leukaemia Foundation of Queensland Support Services recently held another Nuts and Bolts educational seminar for patients and their families facing the prospect of a bone marrow transplant (BMT), providing the opportunity to hear first hand experiences from a group of former patients who have undergone the same journey...

19 Jun 07

Five-year old Ben’s a champion fighter
The day before five-year old Ben Clark was diagnosed with leukaemia he told his mum, Kris, that his head hurt and she noticed a bruise on his shoulder.

08 Jun 07

Myeloma has changed Roland’s outlook on life
If Roland Reid had been told that one day he’d be meditating and doing yoga he would have laughed at the suggestion.

07 Jun 07

Leukaemia has given Louise lots of opportunities and experiences
The day before Louise Mackay was to start Newcastle University to study communication, she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).

07 Jun 07

Leukaemia has been a life-altering experience for Peter
Peter and Ingrid Pempeit had two young children and were at that stage of life where they were planning an overseas holiday, assessing future job prospects and considering a range of investments.

03 Jan 06

Mark Rawles' story
On the 27 th April 2005, Mark was given the devastating news he had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Within days, Mark and his wife had to leave his family and bakery business in Tumby Bay, regional SA, and relocate to Adelaide for immediate treatment. Unfortunately due to high demand, the Leukaemia Foundation was not able to house Mark and his wife Kerryn in their furnished accommodation units in King William Road straight away...

01 Oct 05

The Camp family story
"Being together as a family helped us cope..." Every year the Leukaemia Foundation helps hundreds of families from regional Australia who have to relocate to their nearest capital city for treatment. When 16-year-old James Camp was diagnosed his family was living on a cattle station 3,000 kms from Perth...

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