Adrian Sudbury was 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 had two distinct types of the disease running at the same time. According to the medical literature he was the only person in the world to have this condition. As such, it was not possible to offer Adrian a prognosis.
Here he shared his experiences of the disease and his treatment up until his passing.
Sometimes I'm so glad I started this blog.
There have been some good times; I say that but on reflection they have been mainly bad.
But nevertheless, my illness and what I've decided to do with it, has undeniably led to some interesting places.
I think you are really going to enjoy this post because it's so different to anything I have done before.
Basically, through Radio Sheffield, I was offered the opportunity to take part in a Desert Island Discs-style show.
In the UK we have this famous Radio 4 programme where the scenario is as follows. If you were to crash on a Desert Island which tracks would you take with you and why.
I've always thought I'd love to do it and when asked to pick my six I jumped at the chance.
It is actually quite difficult to choose so maybe some of you could post your top six too - just to get a flavour of what some of you like out there.
It's an interesting show and has revealed the music likes of top politicians, artists and general eminent figures for the last 40 or so years.
