You could give someone like Katie another chance to live
32-year-old Katie from Lincoln received the devastating diagnosis of myelofibrosis after abnormalities were found in the ultrasound scan that revealed she was having twins. Myelofibrosis is a rare blood cancer where the bone marrow produces too much fibrous tissue, preventing the production of healthy blood cells. Now Katie needs a stem cell transplant to save her life.
Katie, who is appealing for people to sign up to the Anthony Nolan stem cell register, says, ‘The stem cell transplant is the only cure for my cancer. It will give me more time, a whole new life. Without a transplant I've been given about six years.'
How can you help?
Between 16 and 30? Help save the life of someone like Katie by joining the register today.
Could you help fund a lifesaver? Donate today.
You could save somebody like me. I want to be able to live the rest of my life and have more time with my children. I’m going to stay strong and positive, and I also want to help as many people as possible. I’m not prepared to die now and I’m not going to.
Katie Matthews, who needs a stem cell transplant urgently
Make a donation
A gift of £5 a month helps build a stem cell register that gives everyone the best chance of survival.
A gift of £10 a month helps lifesaving transplants to happen – giving as many people, like Katie, as possible a second chance of life.
A gift of £15 a month could help pay for our umbilical cord collection programme – making little lifesavers of babies only minutes old!
£15 goes a long way to helping our scientists conduct ground-breaking research that will save lives over the next 50 years.
£40 could sign up a new lifesaving stem cell donor who could go on to save a life like Katie's.
£90 could pay for three hours of invaluable support from a post-transplant nurse for patients and families.
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Between 16 and 30? Help save the life of someone like Katie by joining the register today.