London-based Cypriot Michael Kyriacos Efstratiou is interesting to individuals on the island to discover a stem cell donor after he was identified with leukaemia.
Efforts to discover a suitable stem cell donor since his prognosis on December 10 have up to now proved futile, and it’s extra possible for him to discover a match in his homeland.
Michael was born on March 8, 1960 in Larnaca and his household moved to the UK when he was 4.
Since then, he has been residing in England.
He 5 kids – Rici, Aemilious, Ellianna, Athena and Zoe – in addition to 5 grandchildren and one other on the best way.
He’s a driving teacher by career, enjoys the outside, fishing and soccer, and appears ahead to his annual holidays in Cyprus.
His prognosis final month has put his life on maintain and the one means for him to outlive is to discover a suitable donor as quickly as doable.
Michael’s Cypriot heritage means there’s most definitely a suitable donor on the island.
Continual myelomonocytic leukaemia (CMML), with which he was identified, is a uncommon sort of blood most cancers. In CMML there are too many monocytes within the blood. Monocytes are a kind of white blood cell that fights an infection.
Michael’s household calls on anybody who’s keen to assist, to contact the Karaiskakio Basis (Tel 22 772700, additionally on Fb and Instagram) or ask their GP for steerage.
