In this episode, I spoke with Martine Schuit van Reissen and Rhian Voskamp from the World Marrow Donor Association.

We chatted about everything from the importance of education, the awareness around the need and use of cord blood in stem cell donation and reaching as many people as possible around the globe to help them understand the importance of stem cell donation.

The World Marrow Donor Association works with many partners across the globe to build donor registries in every country around the world. Their work is ongoing and they are an incredible, small team of dedicated professionals, working with hundreds of wonderful volunteers to connect the right people with the right organisations to bring about the best resources to enable effective support to those in need around the world.

Martine and Rhian also shared their own personal stories that drive them to help others and I hope you enjoy the listen.

It was, as always, a huge privilege and humbling experience to speak with these amazing people. I am so grateful to be able to engage with my guests in this manner and hope it inspires those of you who listen to these conversations, to find out more about the stem cell register and maybe sign up in the hope of helping someone else in need.

You can find more about the World Marrow Donor Association here: https://wmda.info/

Thank you for listening.

In this episode, the second part of our two parter, we continue the conversation with Lisa Gosnay.

In part two, we hear about her struggles with career progression, her subsequent health issues which led to her relapse and her stem cell transplant.

Lisa has a blog on Instagram which you can follow here:

https://www.instagram.com/my_plan_c/#.

As always, it is a huge privilege to be able to speak with such inspirational guests on this podcast and I really do hope that this conversation inspires you, too.

Please share it far and wide!

Thank you for listening.

In this episode, we hear from Lisa Gosnay, who at 29, was diagnosed with Aplastic Anaemia.

Lisa is an amazing person and has an extraordinary story. In this two-parter, we hear about her initial diagnosis and treatment. We learn about her career struggles, having been very career-focused and her determination to keep going forward, despite the impact on her health; and her ultimate acceptance of her condition.

On this podcast, we usually focus on blood cancer, but this is about a blood disorder that can have a profound impact on an individual and as Lisa termed it, Aplastic Anaemia is known as the ugly sister to Leukaemia.

There is a stem cell transplant in this story, but we will hear more about that part of Lisa's experience in Part Two, coming soon.

As always, it is a huge privilege to be able to speak with such inspirational guests on this podcast and I really do hope that this conversation inspires you, too.

Please share it far and wide!

Thank you for listening.