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Blood Cancer Awareness Month

It is time to give blood cancer our full attention.

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

Saturday 13 November

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Sunday 17 October

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Join the movement. Shave for a cure.

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Blood Cancer Patient Forum

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Patient Stories

Raewyn

Diagnosed with MPN – Polycythaemia vera

Wellington resident Raewyn Moss visited her GP for routine blood testing in 2014, only to be diagnosed with blood cancer.

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Dean

Diagnosed with multiple myeloma

While the world spent 2020 battling COVID-19, Dean Cole had another challenge thrown into the mix - being diagnosed with blood cancer.

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Laura

Diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma

She used this period in her life to reflect and ask herself some difficult questions. The one that sticks out for her was the simple, yet challenging question; “If this was my time, would I be happy?

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Peter

Diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

In 2018 Peter was working as the curator in Reefton and looking forward to retirement. He hadn’t been to his GP for a while so decided to go for a routine check-up and blood test.

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Kirsty

Diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Kirsty’s blood cancer journey, like so many others, began with a seemingly unrelated health issue - she had a nasty throat infection called Quinsy, Kirsty explains:

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News

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

Wednesday 15 September, 2021

LBC Support Services Covid-19 update

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Friday 12 March, 2021

Vaccine information for whānau living with cancer

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Tuesday 7 September, 2021

Blood Cancer Patient Forum goes online

Viewers were treated to 20 talks from experts all around New Zealand with a huge array of topics covering disease updates and talks on well-being.

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