Somewhere between calling mum back and folding laundry… you could literally save a life. No pressure 😌🩸 (fb)

Matt ( has been in remission for 14 years thanks to his stem cell donor! At just 17 and at the end of high school, life as Matt knew it turned upside down. What began as back pain turned out to be something no teenager expects to hear—Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. Tests revealed a tumour growing near his tailbone, and almost overnight, he went from classrooms and cricket fields to hospital wards and chemotherapy. Four rounds of chemo gave him hope, and he even managed to finish his final school year. But just as graduation celebrations began, Matt relapsed. This time, chemotherapy alone wasn’t enough. His only chance was a stem cell transplant. None of his three siblings were a match. That’s when the search turned global. A few months later, a donor, someone he had never met, someone who had signed up years earlier, turned out to be his lifeline. In early 2012, Matt underwent a stem cell transplant. For seven long weeks he lived in an isolated hospital room, unable to step outside. But the transplant worked. It gave him back not just his health, but his future. Today, Matt is 32 and thriving. He fills his days with running, cycling, tennis, golf, and triathlons, and rarely sits still. Travel, sport, and adventure fuel his life, made possible because one stranger chose to join the donor registry 15 years ago! Matt carries deep gratitude for his donor: “I cannot put into words how thankful I am for the decision my donor made. After my relapse, a stem cell transplant was my only chance of survival. There is not a simpler, more pain-free way to completely change and in most cases save someone’s life.” His story is proof of the life-changing power of stem cell donors. One decision, one act of generosity, can give someone not just more time, but the chance to truly live. (fb)