Local government engagement and procedure nerd. Often found running around Westminster or Benidorm. Known to bang on about stem cell donation.
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FROM BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS TO MOUNTAIN SUMMITS🩸🏔️
A year post-stem cell transplant, was great to be back on @itvcalendar talking recovery, the Three Peaks and stem cell donation.
I've been incredibly fortunate. Not everyone finds a match.
Please consider joining the register.
Something tells me that maybe, just maybe, a fourth yellow sticker might just shift this mouldy focaccia, @Tesco…
If you’re here for mouldy focaccia, stay for a story:
In May 2025, I was diagnosed with bone marrow failure. Months in hospital, daily blood transfusions and a stem cell transplant later, I’m alive.
You could save a life too.
Check out @AnthonyNolan and @DKMS_uk for more info!
Got discharged after the transplant a year ago, and, well, since then we’ve not stopped.
(Actually mad to think about everything that’s happened within that year.)
In the old days Cité Europe in Calais had a Tesco solely selling booze (the days of the cheap Booze Cruise), and I remember my nan would STOCK UPPP on the Value Whisky.
Came in useful as they’d be sent Computers for Schools vouchers, and would just give away whole books of them.
The planes had horsepower - I had to make do with sheer willpower 😮💨✈️💨🏃🏻
Aviation history and running - two of my favourite things together at the Duxford Dash.
The 50mph gusts had other ideas though. Running with them? Fine. Against them? Never again.
@IWMDuxford @I_W_M 🫡
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PEAK-TIME TELEVISION 📺⛰️
Lovely to be invited on to @itvcalendar to talk about our Three Peaks challenge, the incredible support we've received and most importantly - why raising awareness of stem cell donation means so much to me.
Thanks for having me! 🫡
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THREE PEAKS. I DID IT! 🏔️🤍
A year ago I got the stem cell transplant that saved my life.
This weekend I climbed the three highest mountains across the U.K.
What a difference a year makes.
Too much to be thankful for.
Still time to donate, too👇
givewheel.com/fundraising/20…
Scafell Pike’s conquered which means two peaks down! ⛰️
Climbing mountains a year post-stem cell transplant is pretty incredible.
Know what else is? Joining the stem cell donor register.
Takes minutes. Could save a life. And it's the reason I'm here.
@AnthonyNolan | @DKMS_uk
16 months ago - diagnosed with bone marrow failure. Months in hospital isolation on blood transfusions just to survive whilst they searched for a stem cell donor.
12 months yesterday - my stem cell transplant after intensive chemo & conditioning.
Today - THE SUMMIT OF BEN NEVIS!
As a reminder- this is all part of mine and my dad’s challenge of the Three Peaks over three days to mark my transplant anniversary - and highlight the amazing life-saving potential of stem cell donation.
And we’re fundraising whilst we’re doing it! 👇
givewheel.com/fundraising/20…
15/10/25 - ONE YEAR ON 🤍
I'm still here because a stranger joined the stem cell donor register and gave me a second chance.
A year on, I'm one of the lucky ones. But survival shouldn't come down to luck.
Please check out @AnthonyNolan and @DKMS_uk for more info 🤍
WE’VE HIT £400! 🤯
Huge thanks to everyone who’s donated, shared or supported us - means the world.
What a way to mark my first year post-transplant by raising funds for charities that mean so much to me and families like mine
Donate if you can here👇
givewheel.com/fundraising/20…
TWO DAYS ‘TIL REBIRTHDAY & THREE PEAKS! 🚨⛰️
From isolation & daily transfusions to marathons, Transplant Games and now the Three Peaks. What a difference a year makes!
Still here. Still alive. Still doing mad things.
Any donations greatly appreciated👇 givewheel.com/fundraising/20…
This day last year: midway through a gruelling intensive six-day course of chemotherapy and immunotherapy ahead of my transplant.
Today: getting ready to run a half-marathon.
Recovery and resilience looks different for everyone, but this is mine.
Let’s go, @GreatEasternRun 🔥
“I WISHED IT WAS ME” 🥺
In the run-up to my first transplant anniversary, I’ve been sitting down with my nearest and dearest to talk about the last year; to get their thoughts and feelings - and hear their experiences.
Where best to start than with Betty the Babe… my nan! 🤍
Plus, there’s still time to donate to my #ThreePeaks charity fundraiser ahead of us leaving for Scotland next Thursday! 👇
givewheel.com/fundraising/20…
If you’ve not yet signed up to a stem cell register, - why not? It’s easy. Check out @AnthonyNolan and @DKMS_uk UK for more info! 🤍