My Greatest Walk 2024 is the new name for the annual Myeloma Australia national fundraising and awareness walk. Unfortunately, it is now estimated in 2024 that more than 50 Australians will be diagnosed each week with the incurable and relatively unknown blood cancer, Multiple Myeloma (up from 38 a week).

During the month of February, I will aim to walk 5km every day. Any support you can give me will be amazing;

* give me a shout and come and walk with me

* register to attend the community event on Sunday March 3 at Centennial Park

* send me a text message or leave a note here, it will spur me on when I feel low!

* talk to someone and share my story

* book in to donate blood (AND plasma!) or

* donate $5 instead of buying a coffee one day in Feb.

Every little bit helps me raise much needed awareness for this cancer and also funds to find a cure.

My Story...

February 2024 marks three years since I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma. I was 44 years old, scared shitless and thrown into a world of appointments, chemo, scans, biopsies, highs, lows, tears, sleepless nights and long days.... I found walking every day kept me both active and sane as I faced one of the greatest challenges of my life. My doctors have since told me that my fitness and exercise has greatly improved my response to treatment and prolonged my time with no cancer

February also marks 18 months of Negative Minimal Residual Disease/Stringent Complete Response/Remission...LONG MAY IT LAST!

I was one of the lucky few in Australia to receive life saving CAR-t therapy on a medical trial back in September 2021. My genetically modified T-cells continue to hunt down and kill any plasma cell that dares to be cancerous in my body! My own little army of warriors looking out for me! 💪

My body is a bit 'war torn' from it all, and treatment and tests and biopsies still continue, but I am determined to mark this milestone month for me by walking 5km every day and reminding everyone that I really want to KISS BLOOD CANCER GOODBYE 😘

Thank you all so much for your support and love - now and always ❤️