Two school friends from Jersey are encouraging more people to sign up to the stem cell register.
Two women who went to school together have reunited through their experiences with stem cell donations and are urging people to join the register. Beth Bowyer, 26, who now lives in Manchester, signed up to the stem cell register in 2019 by doing an "easy cheek swab", and last year received a call confirming she was a match for a critically ill patient overseas.
Isabel Marsh, 26, who lives in Jersey, said she was diagnosed with Leukaemia, a form of cancer of the white blood cells, on the 3 March 2021 when she was 21 years old. Marsh underwent a stem cell transplant in September 2021 and said it was the "best news" when the hospital found a match.said stem cell donations can be used to treat a wide range of blood cancers and disorders, but matching donors and patients was not "easy". It said between 65% and 75% of those in need were unable to find a sibling match, therefore relied on the generosity of strangers.Marsh said it was coming up to her five-year milestone and she was "healthy and singing again".The pair are encouraging people to sign up to the stem cell register.'Mobile child chemo unit will be a game changer for our teenage son''I feel helpless waiting for a stem cell donor'Only one known person in the world can save my life
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