If you have been watching the news recently I am sure you will have seen the plight of the young man from west yorkshire who has been diagnosed with 2 different types of Leukaemia. Due to there being 2 types of Leukaemia present all of the treatments, including a bone marrow transplant and 2 cycles of chemo/radiotherapy have failed to keep him in remission. He has now decided not to fight anymore and has turned his attention to using everything possible to raise awareness for bone marrow donors.

There are 7000 people. Adults and children in the UK at the moment awaiting a suitable donor... I intend to make sure that if I am suitable for any of these people that I can help.

To do this I need to lose weight, about a stone. I have wanted to lose weight for a while and now I have a reason. So my route to bone marrow donation starts with a diet. I have had glandular fever in the past so hopefully because it was many years ago my bone marrow will be suitable.

If anyone else decides that they want to look into donating, and give someone the chance to beat their illness into remission then you need to join the register at the anthony nolan trust at www.anthonynolan.org.uk

Thanks for reading :)