article_snippet: Three years ago, Ruth Lacey, was on death’s door having relapsed with an aggressive version of myeloma, a form of blood cancer.
article_snippet: Ruth Lacey was put in touch with Dr Guenther Koehne at New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, who suggested the vaccine.
article_snippet: First, Ruth Lacey was given stem cells from Ruth Lacey brother Walter’s bone marrow.
article_snippet: Finally, Ruth Lacey received stem cells in a series of injections.
article_snippet: But within two months Ruth Lacey began to feel ‘consistently better’ and was allowed home.
article_snippet: Ruth Lacey was on death's door with a form of blood cancer when a doctor suggested the vaccine .
article_snippet: Book designer Mrs Lacey, 64, from Newburyport, Massachusetts, said the treatment meant Ruth Lacey was well enough to garden, walk Ruth Lacey dog, and go canoeing.
article_snippet: Last summer Ruth Lacey did relapse, but Ruth Lacey is in remission again thanks to a new drug.
article_snippet: Ruth Lacey Ruth Lacey said: ‘It’s a wonder, a miracle that I’m still here.