A woman who was told her chances of finding a bone marrow match were "16 million to one" miraculously beat the odds and was paired with a stranger. After four rounds of chemotherapy, Laura James' cancer came back, and she was told her only chance of beating the disease was by having a bone marrow transplant.
Unfortunately, no-one in Laura's family was a suitable match, so a worldwide search was launched to find a donor. It took four and a half months to find the perfect match with someone ten thousand miles away in Australia.
Laura, now 35, from Aberdare, said: “I know how lucky I am to find a match. The doctors at the time told me the chance of finding a match was 16 million to one. I experienced so many emotions knowing a selfless stranger was willing to save my life - joy, hope, anxiety; you name it! It’s why I’ve always been keen to share my story, as hard as it is to do, I want to help as many people as possible.”
