Adrian Sudbury has been a reporter for both the Huddersfield Express and Chronicle Series and the Huddersfield Examiner. In November 2006 the 25-year-old was promoted to digital journalist, effectively editing the new-look Examiner website.
Just two days into his new role he became seriously ill and called in sick. A week later he drove himself to A&E and was eventually diagnosed with leukaemia.
It was then identified that he actually has two distinct types of the disease running at the same time. According to the medical literature he is the only person in the world to have this condition. As such, it has not been possible to offer Adrian a prognosis.
Here he shares his experiences of the disease and his treatment.
Archives
- 2008.07.22: Sudders - and the campaign dream team - do Number 10 Downing Street - updating throughout the day
- 2008.07.19: Hitting 10,000, a massive pork pie, stomach latest and one last award
- 2008.07.17: Campaign update
- 2008.07.15: An unexpected birthday - finally with bonus material
- 2008.07.14: Updated update on Adrian
- 2008.07.14: Update on Adrian
- 2008.07.13: Stomach bug strikes
- 2008.07.11: Gremlins in the upgrade
- 2008.07.09: The Fear
- 2008.07.07: Sudders does the House of Lords
- 2008.07.04: Obstacles were made for overcoming
- 2008.07.02: Get your free porn here, get your free porn here, get your free porn here, etc, etc,
- 2008.06.27: Time for a quick catch up
- 2008.06.25: Victory at Westminster
- 2008.06.22: Westminster to host a huge bone marrow drive
- 2008.06.21: Post transplant complications
- 2008.06.19: Falling back to my parents, family and loved ones
- 2008.06.17: Adrian's Radio 5Live Interview
- 2008.06.16: The Campaign: Please do not fudge a dying man's wish (plus Gary Lineker)
- 2008.06.16: Sign up and maybe save a life
- 2008.06.16: Can you help support two great blokes and two great charities?
- 2008.06.15: Head funk
- 2008.06.13: This latest award I dedicate to my beautiful sister (Now with video and special report by rookie reporter Keith Sudbury)
- 2008.06.11: Sudders does Prime Minister's Question Time and Natasha Kaplinsky
- 2008.06.09: Deterioration
- 2008.06.06: Fighting, campaigning and partying
- 2008.06.02: Blaze of Glory - Check out party pictures!
- 2008.05.28: Sudders does Al Jazeera
- 2008.05.25: Back our campaign
- 2008.05.24: Baldy’s back
- 2008.05.22: Adrian around the web
- 2008.05.22: Adrian meets Prime Minister Gordon Brown updated - now with extended interview
- 2008.05.15: A plea for more bone marrow donors
- 2008.05.14: The Beginning of the End
- 2008.05.12: Thanks for the weekend
- 2008.05.09: Bone marrow results
- 2008.05.01: The drugs don't work...
- 2008.04.18: Saved by my family, my friends and this blog
- 2008.04.16: Bone Marrow Sample 3
- 2008.04.04: Heart break
- 2008.04.01: The Punto is dead - long live the Vectra. Plus 5mg of steds a day and a more serious flare (Part 32)
- 2008.03.21: Graft versus Host flare and continued steroid taper (Part 31)
- 2008.03.06: No pictures of my arse this week and can you help with a little dilemma? (Part 30)
- 2008.02.18: Graft Versus Host with the Most (Part 29)
- 2008.02.01: I can only apologise: A "unique" thanks to everyone who has recently commented
- 2008.01.18: Bad news but don’t worry too much (Part 28)
- 2008.01.10: A tribute to Donna
- 2008.01.09: Crunch time (Part 27)
- 2007.12.25: Merry Christmas to everyone!
- 2007.12.21: A bloody mystery, salad days and pork pies (Part 26)
- 2007.12.17: Out again and replies to readers (Part 25)
- 2007.12.10: A 50% chance of dying! I’m not having that – it’s nearly Christmas (Part 24)
- 2007.12.05: A new existence and my first cold (Part 23)
- 2007.11.27: The second bone marrow sample (Part 22)
- 2007.11.23: It's the hat-trick!
- 2007.11.19: Treating chronic Graft versus Host Disease with photopheresis (Part 21)
- 2007.11.13: See Super Steve Harrison pick up the award. (Does the guy think Steve's Baldy?)
- 2007.11.11: Victory in Vegas!
- 2007.11.09: Live from Las Vegas: Winning result
- 2007.11.01: Vote for Baldy's Blog!
- 2007.10.26: Treating chronic Graft versus Host Disease (Part 20)
- 2007.10.23: Fat Face on tour '07 (Part 19)
- 2007.10.12: Baldy's Blog scoops national award!
- 2007.10.04: A touch of chronic Graft versus Host Disease (Part 18)
- 2007.10.02: Replies to readers
- 2007.10.02: Andy Sage
- 2007.09.11: Great News (Part 17)
- 2007.09.10: Line Out (Part 16)
- 2007.09.05: Bone marrow donation
- 2007.09.03: The Waiting Room (Part 15)
- 2007.07.24: Sean Bean!
- 2007.06.15: Freedom
- 2007.06.07: Hard times
- 2007.05.31: Isolation
- 2007.05.24: Bone marrow transplant
- 2007.05.24: Total Body Irradiation
- 2007.05.24: Chemotherapy
- 2007.05.24: Suppressing the immune system
- 2007.05.16: My Video Diary Part 1
- 2007.05.09: Thank you (Part 14)
- 2007.05.08: No going back (Part 13)
- 2007.05.03: Bone marrow donation - it should be called stem cell donation really (Part 12)
- 2007.05.02: Transplant (Part 11)
- 2007.04.26: Pneumonia (Part 10)
- 2007.04.24: A blog for food lovers (Part 9)
- 2007.04.19: Christmas and getting ill (Part 8)
- 2007.04.17: More bad news (Part 7)
- 2007.04.12: Treating leukaemia (Part 6)
- 2007.04.10: What is leukaemia? (Part 5)
- 2007.04.04: Reaction (Part 4)
- 2007.04.02: Diagnosis (Part 3)
- 2007.03.30: How it all began (Part 2)
- 2007.03.28: Introduction