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Sick of leukemia: Anne (34) from Bavaria can only save stem cell donations

2022-01-08T05:39:06.757Z


Sick of leukemia: Anne (34) from Bavaria can only save stem cell donations Created: 01/08/2022, 06:33 AM From: Verena Möckl Anne (34) is seriously ill with leukemia. Your only salvation is a stem cell donation. © private Anne is seriously ill with leukemia. Your only salvation is a stem cell donor. To find this, a typing campaign will take place in Kolbermoor on January 22nd. Kolbermoor - Ann


Sick of leukemia: Anne (34) from Bavaria can only save stem cell donations

Created: 01/08/2022, 06:33 AM

From: Verena Möckl

Anne (34) is seriously ill with leukemia.

Your only salvation is a stem cell donation.

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Anne is seriously ill with leukemia.

Your only salvation is a stem cell donor.

To find this, a typing campaign will take place in Kolbermoor on January 22nd.

Kolbermoor - Anne has leukemia.

The 34-year-old is so seriously ill that she cannot cure chemotherapy.

The only salvation is a stem cell donation.

The problem: there is no suitable counterpart to her from the global index of stem cell donors.

Out of desperation, Anne's friends organized a typing campaign - in the hope of finding a suitable donor.

The campaign will take place on January 22nd from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the premises of the Stettner wine cellar and fine fruit distillery in Kollbermoor (Rosenheim district *).

Typing campaign "Saving lives has never been so easy"

Saturday, January 22nd, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Stettnerstrasse 11-13 in Kolbermoor

3G rule (quick test possible on site)

Cake & coffee

Tombola (there are prizes such as sledges, skis, sleeping bags and bicycles)

Seriously ill with leukemia: Anne (34) from Kolbermoor needs stem cell donors

Anne is a power woman.

She enjoys being in the fresh air, going hiking, cycling or walking the dog.

The 34-year-old enjoys her life to the full.

The shock was deep when the doctors diagnosed her with leukemia in March 2021.

From then on, Anne's life was determined by hospital stays and visits to the doctor.

She has to endure five chemotherapies.

She is losing her hair and her physical strength.

But the young woman does not give up.

She resolutely fights against her illness.

Then in August the bright spot.

She defeated blood cancer.

Anne, her family and friends are relieved.

But the joy is short-lived.

A quarter of a year later, a follow-up examination reveals: the cancer is back - and more violent than ever.

Terminally ill: stem cell donation is Anne's only chance for a second life

Anne's chances of recovery are slim.

Chemotherapy can kill the cancer cells again and again, but they also make Anne weaker and weaker.

The only way to save the once joyful young woman is to donate stem cells.

But there is no suitable donor from family or friends and acquaintances.

According to the DKMS, there are eleven million registered DKMS donors worldwide.

95,000 people were able to start a second life through the stem cell donor.

But there is no suitable donor for Anne in the worldwide card index.

A race against time begins for women with cancer.

Each new cycle of chemotherapy reduces the chances of success.

“We have to find a suitable donor as soon as possible.

This is Anne's only chance for a normal life, ”says Kathrin Schmidtschläger.

The desperation cannot be ignored in her voice as she talks about the fate of her longtime friend Anne.

They have experienced a lot with their group of seven girls.

"We went to festivals in Hungary, in the Europapark and went on many vacations together," says Schmidtschläger.

Anne (right) with her girls at the obstacle course “Color Run” 2019. © Private

Stem cell donation: Team Anne organizes typing campaign

All of this is no longer possible.

Anne is tied to the bed and needs care around the clock.

"Because of the many chemotherapies, Anne is very weak," reports Schmidtschläger.

Anne couldn't even hold a telephone receiver.

The girlfriends can no longer accept that.

“We could no longer stand by and watch,” explains Schmidtschläger.

The seven women decide to find a stem cell donor for Anne.

As the German Cancer Society writes on its homepage, it usually takes an average of three weeks after a stem cell transplant until the foreign bone marrow has grown and the blood values ​​have regenerated.

If the transplant is successful, the patient is permanently cured.

As “Team Anne”, the friends start looking for supporters.

In the company Stettner Weinkellerei und Edelobstbrennerei you will find a patron for your typification campaign: company owner Franz Stettner.

He makes his premises available for the stem cell donation.

The voluntary fire brigade of the city of Kolbermoor and the integrated control center * of the city of Rosenheim also support the organization of the typification campaign.

Kathrin Schmidtschläger (2nd from left) and the girls from “Team Anne” are organizing a typing campaign to find a suitable stem cell donor for their friend who has cancer.

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(By the way: Our Bavaria newsletter informs you about all the important stories from the Free State. Register here.)

Typing Action: These requirements apply to stem cell donors

  • Age between 17 and 45 years

  • no serious, malignant diseases

  • no addiction

  • no use of heavy medication

A person is diagnosed with blood cancer every twelve minutes in Germany and every 27 seconds worldwide.

Leukemia is the most common cancer in children.

Like 34-year-old Anne from Kolbermoor, a stem cell donation was the only salvation for little Levin Gebhardt.

When he was three months old, he was diagnosed with blood cancer.

Source: merkur

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