As a mindfulness and meditation geek, I have read many books on mindfulness and meditation over many years. This book by Trish Bartley I had
Yesterday I met with the team at St James in Leeds, and the transplant process is scheduled to start on the 8th April, just a
After our initial meeting with the transplant consultant mid December, things went quiet for some time. We were aware it would take over six weeks
It’s very easy to get sucked into the numbers that are shared in relation to MDS. As a mathematician who worked in healthcare informatics for
Most people I know are aware that I was diagnosed with MDS last year. I was offered a stem cell transplant in December if a donor
It is challenging to have a cancer diagnosis, but … I wasn’t desperately shocked by the initial diagnosis of MDS, though I had a real
Last Friday I got a call to say that a fully matched, unrelated stem-cell donor has been found and is willing to donate stem cells.
I was anything but a fitness junkie, but I was very active before my MDS diagnosis. My wife and I went ballroom and sequence dancing
A diagnosis like MDS will trigger many emotions, for you and for everyone who knows you and hears. Here I will comment primarily on my
A stem cell transplant is a treatment that is used in many blood cancers, and is often the only cure (as with MDS). About 4,000
On the Monday following my discharge from Pinderfields we (my wife and I) arrived at the Cavell unit at Dewsbury hospital. There was a small
On 9th September 2025 I started with a nosebleed, something not unusual as I was recovering from a bad cold, but this time it continued
MDS is short for Myelodysplastic Syndrome. It is a rare form of blood cancer caused by a change in some of the stem cells in