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Not having his dad here colours Hugh’s life: “it’s a little bit of everything”

There are times when Hugh McClure feels like screaming from the rooftop, so that everyone can know about the wonderful person that his dad was, and how much he misses him. 

  • Grief and loss
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Hugh with his dad on the Great Ocean Road in 2011

Dating after the loss of your wife, husband or partner

Leukaemia Foundation Blood Cancer Support Coordinator Shirley Cunningham shares some insight for those who are ready to start dating after loss.

  • Grief and loss
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Shirley Cunningham

Honouring Mitchell: let this be what makes you, not breaks you

Bridget Swee honours her husband's legacy by sharing their story and how her family is starting to find their feet in a world without him. 

  • Grief and loss
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Mitchell Swee and the kids at the park

Expert Series: Trish Wilson on the experience of grief and loss

Trish Wilson has "always been drawn to working in areas where loss has been an underlying issue”.

  • Grief and loss
  • Interviews with experts
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Trish Wilson and daughters

Your questions answered: grief and loss

In this Q&A, counsellor, Trish Wilson, was asked to share her experience and knowledge to answer some of the most asked questions around grief and loss. 

  • Grief and loss
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Trish Wilson

David’s selfless gift towards a blood cancer-free future

Although never touched personally by blood cancer, David Pratt was so moved by the stories of families battling the disease that he has made the ultimate commitment to improve their future with a gift in his Will.  

  • Our supporters
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It took the blood of 100 strangers to save my son

To mark World Blood Donor Day on June 14, Jessica Lake shares how her now six-year-old son, Larry, depended on the kindness of blood donors for over a year after being diagnosed with the rare blood disease, aplastic anaemia. 

  • Blood disorders
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Diagnosed with MDS, AML, then MDS again

Tony Wakely’s diagnosis with MDS quickly transformed to AML, which he beat with a transplant. But a year later, he was shocked to find out his MDS had come back.

  • Acute myeloid leukaemia
  • Myelodysplastic syndromes
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Tony and Karen Wakely

International precision medicine clinical trials recruiting

Two new international clinical trials are expected to improve access to new therapies for Australians with MDS as part of the Leukaemia Foundation’s Trials Enabling Program (TEP).

  • Clinical trials
  • Myelodysplastic syndromes
  • Research
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AMLM23 Principal Investigator, Professor Paula Marlton

PBAC update on new MDS & CMML treatment

The Leukaemia Foundation provided consumer comments to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) in relation to Otsuka Australia Pharmaceutical’s resubmission for decitabine and cedazuridine (Inqovi®) for high-risk MDS and CMML.

  • Myelodysplastic syndromes
  • Treatments and side-effects
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CMML under microscope