A cancer patient who underwent a stem cell transplant has taken on the challenge of walking 10,000 steps every day for one month in an effort to raise money and speed up her recovery.
Emily Land, a 21-year-old Leeds resident who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in 2021, experienced relapses despite aggressive chemotherapy.
She is regaining her stamina after a transplant that saved her life after a donor match in December.
The Anthony Nolan charity stated that her funds will aid in boosting the number of donors.
The condition, which is a cancer of the white blood cells, advances quickly and aggressively, necessitating frequently immediate medical attention.
During the course of her initial treatment, she suffered from pneumonia twice and sepsis three times, with doctors advising that her best chance of survival lay in a stem cell transplant.
She said, "With the charity's assistance, my family and friends campaigned across the nation to try to find a stem cell match, and, in the end, I found a donor all the way over in the Netherlands.".
"I had a second chance at life because of the work that Anthony Nolan did, so I want to support them as much as I can. ".
She could only take three to five steps without getting tired after the transplant, and she was unable to walk independently.
The best thing to do, according to my doctors, is to try to be as active as possible, she said.
"Hopefully, by doing this, I can persuade more individuals to sign up and potentially save the lives of individuals like me. ".
In an effort to promote the charity's work and the estimated 2,400 UK residents who require stem cell transplants each year, Ms. Land shares her progress on social media.
The chief executive of the charity, Henny Braund, stated: "The money that Emily raises will enable us to add more prospective stem cell donors to the Anthony Nolan register, and any one of them could give a person with blood cancer a second chance at life.
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