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16th January 2018

#myCNSmatters – Your stories

Catch up on the stories many of you shared about your experiences of having, or not having, a CNS.

15th January 2018

Watch and Wait – The clinician’s perspective

"Watch and Wait" can seem a counterintuitive approach to treating chronic blood cancer when you’ve just been diagnosed. Here, Professor Chris Fegan, Consultant Haematologist at the Cardiff School of Medicine, discusses the history behind "Watch and Wait".

15th January 2018

Patient Perspective – Staying positive

Vickie, our resident patient blogger, is back with her next blog. On Blue Monday, she’s talking about how she stays positive, and what advice she has for other leukaemia patients.

12th January 2018

Shireen Ayub-Smith

Shireen Ayub-Smith is taking on the 2018 London Marathon for Leukaemia Care. Find out how she is getting on here.

21st December 2017

Patient Perspective: Top 5 Winter Tips

Our patient blogger Vickie is back with her final blog of the year. Here, she gives her top five tips for the winter months.

19th December 2017

My CNS Matters – the winter burden and CNSs

With the arrival of winter often comes staff shortages and pressures within the NHS. In this blog, we take a look at how this affects the work of CNSs and, in turn, leukaemia patients.

6th December 2017

My CNS Matters: The invaluable role of a clinical nurse specialist

‘My CNS Matters: The invaluable role of a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)’ is the latest report that we have produced from findings of our 2016 patient survey. Here, we take a brief look into the report that gives an insight into the value of a CNS.

29th November 2017

Rona Button – Novel Ways to Fundraise

Rona Button is taking on the 2018 London Marathon for LC. In her next blog, she talks about novel ways she's raising the funds to hit her fundraising target.

28th November 2017

A Week in the Life of a Community Fundraising Officer

Sara Johnson is our Community Fundraising Officer. Here, she gives an insight into what she gets up to in one week.

24th November 2017

Supporting patients with hair loss

Jasmin Julia Gupta has become the UK's leading cancer hair loss specialist. Here she shares with us some insights into helping to reduce anxiety around hair loss.