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![Theresa with her daughters, Summer and Jessi, on the day of her stem cell transplant](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Theresa-Summer-Jessi-on-Transplant-Day.jpg)
![Giles Purbrick and his wife](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Giles-Purbrick-and-his-wife.jpg)
![Sophie Gray using Complimentary Therapies](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sophie-gray-using-complimentary-therapies-820x1024.jpeg)
![Professor David Joske](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/David-Joske-1-1-e1592881877538-1024x614.jpg)
![Lyndell Wills at Macchu Pichu](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/DSC_3673-min-1024x683.jpg)
![Psychologist Ella Sexton](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Ella-Sexton-Photo-Dec21-1024x683.jpg)
![Sage and Milly holding baby Ziggy](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/MicrosoftTeams-image-5-e1675660103803.jpg)
![A woman laying down, wearing a turban with a pensive look on her face](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sam-Benson-1024x1024.jpg)
![Dr Cecily Forsyth in the Lofoten Islands, Norway](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Dr-Cecily-Forsyth-in-Lofoten-Islands-1024x768.jpg)
![A woman is sitting down with her fiance and their dog. She is smiling at the camera.](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jen-with-her-fiance-and-dog-1024x683.png)
![Lyndell Wills with her dog Meggs](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Lyndell-Wills-at-home-with-her-dog-Meggs.jpg)
![Tereena with alpacas](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/104934835_3538078616207028_4564185504724574997_n-1-1024x665.jpeg)
![Andrew Smith - Blood Cancer Support Coordinator](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Andrew-Smith-Fatigue-1024x546.jpg)
![Illustration of some hand weights, books, hand sanitizer, and a phone](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Staying-well-illustration.png)
![Professor David Joske](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/David-Joske-1-1-e1592881877538-1024x614.jpg)
![Dr Louella Crawford](https://www.leukaemia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Dr-Louella-Crawford-768x1619-1-486x1024.jpg)
Last updated on February 9th, 2023
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