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21 weekly webinars from 31 July

LBC's Winter-Spring Webinar Series

Welcome to Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand’s Winter-Spring Webinar series 2020. 

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Our calendar is looking mighty exciting for the coming year. A few highlights and dates for your diaries are:

During July

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Sunday 30 August

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Saturday 21 November 2020

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March Shave Month!

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Patient Stories

Paul

Diagnosed with large diffuse B cell lymphoma

In 2007, Paul Left visited his GP about a small lump under his chin. Paul didn’t see or feel any other signs that he was unwell, so he was shocked when he was diagnosed with stage four lymphoma.

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Fiona

Diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukaemia

True to her ‘Type A’ personality, when Fiona Beck was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukaemia, she chose to deal with it as another job to do.

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Tae

Diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia

In 2015, Whakataerangi (Tae) Mason thought she was a little run down, but the cows on her dairy farm knew something was very wrong with her.

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Ian

Diagnosed with Non Hodgkins lymphoma

Ian Wilton is what you might describe as a typical self-made Cantabrian man.

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Sonja

Diagnosed with Non Hodgkin follicular lymphoma

In 2009, Sonja White found herself dealing with enlarged lymph nodes all over her body. After months of GP visits, she finally went to see a specialist who took a bone marrow biopsy.

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News

The latest news and publications from Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand.

Monday 13 July, 2020

Sick kids treated to celebrity Fortnite tournament

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Wednesday 24 June, 2020

Hair raising event with Hilary Barry

Hilary Barry helped to raise $43,000 for charity recently when she hosted a virtual event where 25 people decided to ‘Shave Live to Save Lives.’

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Monday 15 June, 2020

UPDATE: SUPPORT SERVICES IN ALERT LEVEL 1

As you know, during lock-down and alert levels 3 and 2 we have been operating all our services online.  Now that we are in alert level 1, we would like to let you know what this means for our patient support services.

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