Keira Cowan
Keira Cowan is a survivor of severe aplastic anaemia, diagnosed at age 15, who shares her teenage experience of blood cancer on the Leukaemia Foundation's Talking Blood Cancer podcast.
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Aug 19, 2026
Kate ArkadieffHOST
And did you have a goal as to what you wanted to be or study or experience after school alongside your experience that you have had?
Keira CowanGUEST
Well, since I was eight, because I have a chronic illness called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which affects kind of muscles and connective tissue.
Keira CowanGUEST
Dislocations and sprains are like very common, which is why I am frequent emergency department visitor.
Keira CowanGUEST
But yeah, so it took mum five years to get me diagnosed, which is actually quite a short amount of time for this condition.
Kate ArkadieffHOST
And I would love to ask, I'm mindful of time, but I want to ask, how are you now?