The 2nd April 2021 will be forever etched in our memory. Good Friday morning. A beautiful sun drenched start to the day but news filtered through quickly that a loving Husband, Father and Grandad had taken a turn for the worse in the night, passing peacefully in front our eyes, just a few hours later. […]

When my wife of 54 years sadly passed away on 8 April 2021 after a short but devastating illness, she had chosen the MDS Patients Support Group as her nominated charity for donations primarily to support the group that had helped me over many years. Donations following her funeral have reached almost £1,800 to date, […]

Carlos Ballester Fernandez went too soon on 7th March 2021. He is desperately missed by Catherine after 52 years of love and happiness, by his beautiful sons Xavier and Julian who gave him such joys as well by their lovely Olivias, by his grandson Jack and by all his family and friends which he cherished. […]

Guy, my husband, was diagnosed with MDS over 10 years ago at the age of 64. He also had a kidney removed around the same time. He died on December 31st 2019. I am very pleased to be invited to tell his story. Guy was well until about 2 years ago when his health began to […]

This book was originally destined for family and close friends, but the reaction has been such that it might find a wider readership. To this end, together with my wife Lin, I decided to print a further number of copies to be sold as a donation to the MDS UK Patient Support Group as my […]

This book was originally destined for family and close friends, but the reaction has been such that it might find a wider readership. To this end, together with my wife Lin, I decided to print a further number of copies to be sold as a donation to the MDS UK Patient Support Group as my […]

This book was originally destined for family and close friends, but the reaction has been such that it might find a wider readership. To this end, together with my wife Lin, I decided to print a further number of copies to be sold as a donation to the MDS UK Patient Support Group as my […]

Some of you will know of Caroline Wright, one of our family and a strong supporter of our charity. It is with some sadness that we let you know that Caroline passed away on 14th November, after relapse of her illness earlier this year. Despite a difficult programme of treatment which she met head-on, and a […]

We are very saddened to hear about the passing of our dear member Bev Nye. Bev and his wife Janet were active volunteers and contributed enormously to the wellbeing of other MDS patients by starting the Derbyshire Local MDS Group. We will miss him badly. Bev and Janet shared their story with us for our […]

Thank you so much to the members of the Anglia MDS UK Local Support Group, and to their outgoing coordinator John Heywood and their treasurer Michael Turner. The group raised money for MDS UK by handing around their collection tin at meetings, and we are very appreciative of the organisation that went into this, and […]