MyLastingImpression

Jim Dornan is from Crawfordsburn, Co. Down. He was working as an obstetrician and gynaecologist, when at 57, he found out he had chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.

Graeme is from Ballygowan, Co. Down and he is 31 years old. He enjoyed rugby and weight lifting until two years ago when he was was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Keith Murphy, the fourth participant in our ‘My Lasting Impression’ awareness campaign, was 24 when he first starting feeling unwell.

Ten years ago, Dr Martin Eaton discovered a blood clot in his right leg. A few months later, he was diagnosed with blood cancer on his wife’s birthday.

Shelley Sloan, 37, from East Belfast, has been with her husband Neil since they were teenagers. They got married six years ago, and soon after found out they were expecting. 

Two years ago, Alex McBride, 21, was a fresher studying nursing at Glasgow Caledonian University. It was the first time she had lived away from home; she is East Belfast born and raised.