Leukaemia Chatters

After giving birth to her second daughter, Heidi began to experience night sweats and was overwhelmed with fatigue. A few months later, Heidi was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and was unable to work, resulting in her and her husband struggling to care for their family of four. Here, she tells her story…

On this episode on Leukaemia Chatters, we spoke to Emma Sinclair a CML patient diagnosed in 2021. We talked to Emma about the events that led up to her diagnosis, the changes that have come with living with a chronic leukaemia and the support and help she has turned to over the last 18 months.

On this episode of Leukaemia Chatters we spoke to Zack Pemberton Whiteley, Leukaemia Care's CEO live from the ASH conference. We discussed some of the newest developments in the treatment of leukaemia and how they might change the landscape for patients in the coming years.

On this episode on Leukaemia Chatters, we spoke to Dan Chapman a CML patient diagnosed in 2015. We talked to Dan about the events that led up to his diagnosis, the impact of a chronic leukaemia on his life and the challenges he has taken on to fundraise for Leukaemia Care.

On this episode on Leukaemia Chatters, we spoke to Lisa Southall 10 years down the line from her diagnosis with Essential Thrombocythaemia. We talked to Lisa all about her period of diagnosis 10 years ago, the complications she faced through her treatment and the support and help she has relied upon for the past decade of living with a blood cancer.

On this month's episode on Leukaemia Chatters, we spoke to Majella Murphy on the 4 year anniversary of her diagnosis with AML. As well as marking this personal anniversary for Majella, September is also Blood Cancer Awareness Month and as such Leukaemia Care's #SpotLeukaemia campaign is in full effect as we showcase patient stories and highlight the symptoms that the public should look out for. We talked to Majella all about her period of diagnosis 4 years ago as she noticed these symptoms in her day to day life, how she navigated the healthcare system to receive her diagnosis and the impact it had on her and her family.

On this month's episode of Leukaemia Chatters as we lead up to the #SpotLeukaemia campaign we talked to Eilidh Ann Dewar, an APML patient diagnosed in 2018. We talked to Eilidh Ann about her rapidly accelerating symptoms, how she had to pursue them and the impact that such an out of the blue diagnosis had on her and her family.

On this episode of Leukaemia Chatters, we spoke to AML patient Debbie Greenwood. We discuss the impact of her 2020 diagnosis on herself and her family, the support they have received since then and how Debbie is going on to provide help for patients and their families who find themselves in a similar situation.

In this episode of Leukaemia Chatters we spoke to our new poet-in-residence Jamie Woods, an acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL) patient. We spoke to Jamie about the power over poetry, how it's impacted his experience with leukaemia and what he hopes to achieve in the role.

In this month's episode, we mark the ten-year anniversary of Peter's stem cell transplant he received from his donor David. We discussed Peter's initial diagnosis with MDS, the reality of the transplant process from both of their perspectives and how that day has come to impact both of their lives.