You could give someone like Dan another chance to live
After a routine parkrun in Lincolnshire, Dan, 31, noticed a strange rash on his legs. Days later, he found himself in hospital needing an urgent platelet transfusion and was diagnosed with the life-threatening condition aplastic anaemia. Now he needs a stem cell transplant to save his life.
Dan is appealing for people to sign up to the stem cell register. ‘You don’t need to be scared of the process,’ he says. ‘You do a swab. You might be called in. It’s a day or two in hospital, and you could save someone’s life.’
How can you help?
Between 16 and 30? Help save the life of someone like Dan by joining the register today.
Could you help fund a lifesaver? Donate today.
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 Dan, 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 Dan's.
£90 could pay for three hours of invaluable support from a post-transplant nurse for patients and families.
I’ve been given this diagnosis. I can’t run away from it. It’s not like an email that I don’t want to respond to. I can’t outrun aplastic anaemia – it’s there whether I like it or not.
Dan, who needs a stem cell transplant urgently
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Between 16 and 30? Help save the life of someone like Dan by joining the register today.