Posts Tagged ‘WLAD’

Standing Tall

Posted: 23rd September 2009 by the author in Book Related, LBF NZ
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Saturday 15th September 2009, and a first time experience for me. I stood up in front of 60 complete strangers and gave them some ‘horses mouth’ experience of my survivorship. I must admit, after a nervous journey to the venue I was quite pleased with myself by the end. As an individual that does not [...]

Taking Chemo On Trade Me

Posted: 15th September 2009 by the author in LBF NZ, taking chemo on the chin
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Back in February this year, when I launched my book I invited Shortland Street favourite Alison Quigan along, because her character in the popular soap was undergoing chemo at the time. Alison graciously accepted and came along as the guest of honour, she also headed up a decent size list of popular actors from the series that [...]

It’s official : World Lymphoma Awareness Day has returned. The message is simple, don’t be shy, find out a bit more about your body, it’s lymphatic system and be aware of the below the radar disease that is sneaking up the incidence charts. Get on over to the LBF website and take the  ‘Know your [...]

WLAD – September 15th

Posted: 15th August 2009 by the author in Site General
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Quick head’s up – World Lymphoma Awareness Day is held annually on September 15th. It’s  a global event to broaden knowledge and awareness around Lymphoma, an issue that is easy to be ignorant of until it hits you – I know. Keep an eye out for info and collectors, and learn something it might save [...]