Raweyn
Diagnosed with 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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