- " As a physician who treats many myeloma patients, as president of the Polish Myeloma Consortium, and as a cycling enthusiast, I wholeheartedly support this event," says Dominik Dytfeld, MD, from the Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation at the Karol Marcinkowski Medical University in Poznan, who will participate in the "Rally for Health" for the third time.
The idea of a bike rally for myeloma patients was born in 2018. - I received a diagnosis of the disease in 2017, as a gift for my 60th birthday. I came across wonderful doctors, the myeloma was quickly brought under control, and just a year later I started cycling again. On a trip a few days in the summer, I came up with the idea of going to the hospital for chemotherapy by bike once a year. In the corridor of the hospital, while in cycling gear, I met Lukasz Rokicki, president of the Carita Foundation. It was then that the idea of "Rally for Health" was born. We organized the first one in 2019 in Grudziądz, then there was a break due to the pandemic, but already in 2022 the second edition of the rally was held in Poznań," says Grzegorz Rakowiecki, the commander of this year's "Rally for Health. Last year's edition was a success: there were more ...
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