Hi, I’m Chris, 58 years old reasonably fit as I like to run and kayak, and the am the fittest of my friends and family in my generation. In April 2010 I was on post Christmas diet and was feeling how slim I was when I noticed a lump below my rib cage that didn‘t…
I was diagnosed with Myelofibrosis when I was 33 years old, just six weeks after the birth of my eldest daughter who is now 14. A few weeks after the birth, I had noticed a lump in my stomach and asked my GP about it. After scans and blood tests and bone marrow biopsies, the…
My name is Sally and my MPN story began in April 2012 when a visit to my GP resulted in a referral to the haemotology department at my local hospital and my first, (but far from last,) bone marrow biopsy. Myelofibrosis was diagnosed and I was sent home with leaflets and the knowledge this was…