May be you or some one you know could help this was on the front page of our local paper THIS MAN IS MY HUSBAND

A MAN suffering from a rare medical condition, who has been given just two years to live, has appealed for more blood donors to come forward in a bid to find a million-to-one lifesaving match. Vic Clark, 60, of Chichester Walk, Newport, was diagnosed with acute myelofibrosis on New Year’s Eve. Doctors have told Mr Clark, who has an extremely rare blood type, his chances of finding a stem-cell match were a million to one. All his four siblings have already been ruled out. "I have accepted I am going to die but doctors have told me there is a match out there somewhere and, at the very least, if more people come forward it could save someone else," said Mr Clark. "Doctors said there could also be a match outside of this country but if I don’t find one they have given me two years to live." Should Mr Clark, a former lorry driver and wedding photographer, find a successful match, there is no guarantee he would survive a transplant operation. Other options for treating the condition have been considered, including chemotherapy, but because his bone marrow has been scarred so badly, it is not likely his cells would regenerate. "I need at least two blood transfusions a week because my blood cannot carry enough oxygen around my body, meaning I get tired easily, so much so I have to lie down after walking up the stairs," he said. He is also permanently anaemic and is prone to infection because he doesn’t have enough white blood cells. "It has all come as a total bombshell and it has changed everything." Together with his wife, Charlotte, the couple are encouraging more people, aged between 18 and 40, to join the Anthony Nolan Trust register, to become blood donors and help to save lives. Join the register by calling 02072841234 or log on to www.anthonynolantrust.org.uk.