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We are very sad to say that we are no longer running the holiday cottages due to severe long term illness in the family. If you would like to help - read on
Richard and his duaghte both have Myelodysplastic Syndrome MDS - click here to help

 

Richard and his daughter both have a rare disease called Myelodysplastic Syndrome MDS.Rosalind has had two bouts of chemo in hospital and an unrelated donor transplant of bone marrow, and is doing OK. Richard is on a new chemo called Azacitine and is alos doing well.
The only cure for this blood disorder and often for leukaemia is to have a bone marrow transplant. To have a transplant you need:

  • A donor of matching bone marrow, also called stem cells
  • Matching blood for transfusions
  • Matching platelets - a special type of blood cell which is critical for clotting blood
  • A lot of care, drugs and luck

Can you and your friends and family help? In most cases you can by being a donor. 

Giving blood and platelets can normally be organised easily at a hospital near you - ask you GP.

The Anthony Nolan Trust can advise you on whether you can be a bone marrow (stem cell) donor and how to go about it. The Anthony Nolan trust can send you a small container, you 'spit' into it, and send it back - this can be used to see if you match someone to be a potential bone marrow donor - nothing could be easier. Giving the bone marrow is done these days by filtering your blood - so is not as intrusive as it used to be.

Please click here to save a life. It may not be ours, but ...

The MDS UK Patient Support group is excellent. To help the MDS support group click here
To give funds to the MDS charity without it costing you a penny while you are shopping online, click here, set up an account and nominate MDS UK Patient Forum as your charity of choice. How it works etc is shown on this web site.  Or you could support your own favorite Cancer charity through this facility

 

Richard and his duaghte both have Myelodysplastic Syndrome MDS - click here to help
Richard and his duaghte both have Myelodysplastic Syndrome MDS - click here to help Richard and his duaghte both have Myelodysplastic Syndrome MDS - click here to help
Richard and his duaghte both have Myelodysplastic Syndrome MDS - click here to help Richard and his duaghte both have Myelodysplastic Syndrome MDS - click here to help
Richard and his duaghte both have Myelodysplastic Syndrome MDS - click here to help Richard and his duaghte both have Myelodysplastic Syndrome MDS - click here to help

 

 







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