Lyndey Milan OAM
Lyndey Milan lost her much-loved son, Blair, a talented actor, to acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) in 2011. Lyndey experienced first-hand the darkest moments of blood cancer.
A familiar face on television and in print, Lyndey has been instrumental in changing the way Australians think about food for four decades via her own nine best-selling cookbooks, nine TV series and influence as former Food Director of the iconic Australian Women’s Weekly. She is an award-winning multi-media presenter, MC, speaker, food & wine teacher, consultant, debater, judge and regional Australian food specialist. She is also an international tour host and enrichment speaker imparting her knowledge of great food to travellers around the world.
Lyndey had completed filming ‘Lyndey and Blair’s Taste of Greece’ and Blair was diagnosed a few months later before the series had aired. As a devoted mother, she is passionate about bringing awareness to the signs and symptoms of blood cancer.
“Blair was not diagnosed until three days before he died. A month or so before he went to a GP complaining of not feeling well, possibly having a cold/flu he couldn’t shake off and [had] difficulty breathing. The doctor did not even take a blood test, but instead assumed that Blair was just having panic attacks!”
After meeting with the haematologist following Blair’s tragic passing, Lyndey was told that if he had been treated one week sooner, things could have been very different.
As a National Ambassador for the Leukaemia Foundation, she aims to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms, so no other family loses a child (or anyone) to blood cancer.
