Brad
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Darren & Sylvia Gimber
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Great effort Steve.
Casey Stone
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For 4 years, working with you in Morrisons Claire, I will never forget how hilarious and bearable you made those days when we both know how challenging they could get haha! You are an amazing worker and a wonderful friend and we have some of the funniest memories! To read the update and realise that you are suffering still, breaks my heart and I truly wish and hope for the best for you and your family. I will keep my fingers crossed for you, always! Lots of love, Casey xxx
Spencer
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Spencer
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Michal
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Ash
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Jake
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Gemma
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Well done mate x
Ken and Maureen
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Well done Steve
Claire and Steve
steve wade is raising money for Skcin and Melanoma Focus
My story
I will be taking part in this fundraiser 100 miles in May to hopefully raise lots of money towards the continued research into the treatment of Melanoma which with advances in surgery and more importantly in immunotherapy over the last fifteen years have given my wife Claire and I hope after she was diagnosed with stage 4 Melanoma cancer in May 2022.
Claire had a Mole removed in July 2021 after we noticed it had changed in shape and colour and within the next seven months had to endure another two operations to remove more tissue and 21 Lymph nodes that could potentially be cancerous.
Unfortunately although at the time it seemed the surgery was enough a few months later cancer cells had moved from the original site and were showing up in the base of Claires head, spine, shoulder and her leg.
Claire had already had one infusion of immunotherapy treatment before this news and it only took one more infusion for a new Pet Ct scan to show that no cancer cells were present.
Claire has just finished one year of treatment but has to undertake another year due to the initial aggressive spread of the disease.
Immunotherapy is at the moment the best treatment for Melanoma but like all forms of treatment for cancer it does come with potential serious side effects some of which Claire has had and some of those have to be managed by different specialists, scans and medications on top of what Claire already has to undertake.
This is why it is so important to continue the research into immunotherapy and at the same time raising awareness of how serious skin cancer is.
Without the advances in immunotherapy in the last fifteen years the treatment of this aggressive form of Melanoma would not be possible.
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My updates
Time for another update!
Even though I finished 100 miles in May nearly 3 weeks ago I’m delighted and humbled to say the money is continuing to come in and now stands at an amazing £1345 pounds 💛🧡🙏
I can’t thank you all enough for your kind and generous donations that has raised so much money for such an important cause very close to our hearts ❤️
The money raised into researching the treatments into Melanoma and other Skin cancers has again been highlighted to us in the last few weeks.
Immunotherapy is still keeping the Cancer at bay but more and more side effects have now become a reality.
Claire has now been diagnosed with osteoporosis so will need some extra infusions at a different hospital to strengthen her bones.
Her Thyroid has been damaged so is on medication for this and now her pituitary gland is also being damaged so even more tests are being organised for this. Due to these problems with the glands she can no longer produce her own cortisol so is on daily steroids for life to artificially replace this.
All of these conditions are a side effect of immunotherapy.
This is why your money will help so much as the treatment is so new it still needs a lot of fine tuning to minimise all these side effects.
So all that’s left is to thank you all again and if anyone else wishes to donate that hasn’t already that would mean the world to us.
🧡💛🙏
As it’s now the 1st June it’s time to update you all on the total raised to date which is now a staggering £1105 pounds for the 100 miles in May fundraiser for Melanoma Focus and Skcin🧡💛🙏
After 31 Days my knees have decided they need a rest so I managed a total of 104 miles in the end 🏃♂️💪🙏
Just cannot believe how much support we have received since taking part in this fundraiser and how incredibly generous people have been some of whom Claire and I do not even know but they have still given money to this fundraiser 🙏
All that’s left to say is again a massive thank you to everyone again and hope that this has demonstrated how important research into all types of Cancer is, this is our nightmare and without immunotherapy advances it would be more then that.
Claire continues to be amazing and somehow takes all the knock backs, new side effects, blood tests, scans and constant hospital visits all without complaining.
Claire being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer means that before July 2021 we had a pretty ordinary and normal life.
After July 2021 that all started to change 😢
We both hold full time jobs 🙏
Cancer is a full time job 🧡💛
Life will never be the same but we make the most of it and look to the future 🧡💛
The Cancer is still at bay so the main focus is managing the side effects the treatment has given Claire to date especially as she has just started her second year of treatment.
This week has been the first week Claire has had no appointments at all since February but the appointments are racking up again next week and once again they are all due to the side effects of treatment.
This is why your support and donations are so dear to us.
Thank you 🙏 🧡💛
100 miles completed!! 🧡💛🙏
After 27 days and 25 hours of walking and running and so far £1030.00 raised the 100 miles in May fundraiser 2023 is complete 🏃♂️💪🙏
Just cannot believe how much support I have received since taking part in this fundraiser and how incredibly generous people have been some of whom Claire and I do not even know but they have still given money to this fundraiser 🙏
I plan to do more miles up until the end of the month so I will update on the 31st how many I get to.
All that’s left to say is again a massive thank you to everyone again and hope that this has demonstrated how important research into all types of Cancer is, this is our nightmare and without immunotherapy advances it would be more then that.
Claire continues to be amazing and somehow takes all the knock backs, new side effects, blood tests, scans and constant hospital visits all without complaining.
Claire being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer means that before July 2021 we had a pretty ordinary and normal life.
After July 2021 that all started to change 😢
We both hold full time jobs 🙏
Cancer is a full time job 🧡💛
Life will never be the same but we make the most of it and look to the future 🧡💛
The Cancer is still at bay so the main focus is managing the side effects the treatment has given Claire to date especially as she has just started her second year of treatment.
This is why your support and donations are so dear to us.
Thank you 🙏 🧡💛
Thank you all so much for your generosity,
91 miles now done so only 9 left 🧡💛🙏
I would just like to thank everyone for the wonderful support and kind donations and to let you all know I am currently on 87 miles so well on target for the 100+ miles 🙏🧡💛
My 2 charities
Skcin
Charity number: 1150048
Melanoma Focus
Charity number: 1124716
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