Race for Life

As I have already said I will be running the Race for Life in Reading this year.  It takes place on 22nd July in Prospect Park.  My Mum and I have ran the Race for Life for many years, but this year it will be so relevant and definitely emotional.  I am due to have my final chemo session in the first week of July, so this has been my goal for the end of my treatment and I am determined to get round the course; I may not be able to run it all but I know that I will get to the finish line.

I am running the Race for Life firstly for myself; not in an egotistical way, but in an appreciative way.  I am so grateful for the work that Cancer Research UK does; it has ensured that survival rates for cancer have improved so much that it now not the death sentence that it once was.  I am running to say thank you to the amazing nurses, surgeons, consultants, doctors and staff at the Royal Berkshire Hospital who have looked after me amazingly through this journey so far; I have felt so safe and well looked after both during my operation and now during chemotherapy.  I am running to say thank you to all my wonderful family and friend who have been nothing short of amazing and supportive during this time - I couldn't have done this without them.

I am running Race for Life for amazing and inspiring women that I know; the first is my friend Jess.  She has had an exceptionally tough year having been diagnosed with breast cancer just after having her beautiful baby girl.  She has been such an inspiring person and has helped me to see that this battle is one that can won; she has done it with such dignity and beauty, she's amazing.  Also for an old school friend Shakira who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer; she has just started her battle, but I can already see that she is strong and has a wonderful family around her helping to fight the fight. 

I am running for my twitter friends who have gone through or are going through their own battles with bowel cancer and other forms of cancer.  It is amazing the comfort you get from people who you have never met; but their support to me is invaluable.  They have first hand experience of what I am going through and we can help to give each other support, encouragement and answers to questions.

I am running in memory of so many family and friends who have lost their battle with cancer.  Life can turn a cruel hand sometimes and it can break so many people's hearts.  But the stories of those that have lost their fight can inspire and encourage people to make sure that if they are faced with a similar challenge to put up a good fight or if they have symptoms to make sure that they get checked out.

I am running to help to inspire people who may be going through something similar, so they can see that there can be a happy ending; "Life is a book of chapters and just because you get one bad chapter it doesn't mean the book is over".

If you would like to support me and my gorgeous angels you can visit our sponsorship page, either by clicking on the link to your right or here .  Thank you to everyone who has sponsored us already - we have raised £250 already and we aren't running until July!!

Much Love and thanks Cx