Bethany's Big Charity Christmas Extravaganza!
Bethany Allt is raising money for THE CHRISTIE CHARITY
Story
On March 29th 2014, my mum was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Its safe to say it was the worst day of my life. It came as such a shock to me and my whole family. It makes you question, why us? Why our family? What did we do? Of course, its the word cancer. Once you hear that word, your whole world falls apart.
So we cried, and we cried and then we pulled ourselves tog...ether and decided that, as a family, we would fight this evil disease.
We found out the day before Mothers Day, ironic, isn't it? But as the weeks when by and my mum got fully diagnosed with Grade 3 breast cancer, everyone was being optimistic for the best outcome.
Obviously the big question was always in our minds. Chemotherapy? My mum is a lot of things, but one thing that she always takes pride in, is her appearance, she's so beautiful. So chemo was a big deal for her, she didn't want to be wearing a wig for my sisters wedding and she wanted more than anything to be able to go to our 3 week celebration holiday to Florida.
But we got through it, and she after being told her course of treatment, we were over joyed. I mean, who thinks that you'd be over joyed with any course of treatment for cancer, but when you've been fearing the worst, anything better than that is a miracle.
It was what we was hoping for, she didn't need the chemo, all she needed was the radiotherapy and to have the tumour and some of her lymph nodes removed from her right arm. Even better than that, she received a letter telling her that they had downgraded her cancer diagnoses to a Grade 2.
Any one who knows my mum, knows that she is a fighter, she has her moments, but within two weeks of her surgery, she was working at her little Bacup café. Unbelievable. Of course we wanted her to rest, but she was having none of it, she wasn't going to let this beat her. I was so proud.
My mum is the glue to our whole family.
After her radiotherapy, (which she worked through also!) we could finally rest. I mean, we didn't know if the cancer had fully gone from my mum. But we remained so optimistic, after all, we'd had the best outcome from everything, apart from the cancer.
And in August 2014, we boarded our flight to Florida! Yay!
We was so excited, after all, this time 5 months ago, we would have never had thought we would be on our way to America.
It was the best holiday I've ever had & of course whenever I was being a typical stroppy teenager, or my mum and dad were having their signature bickers.
My mums token line was 'I've not been well me!'
We loved it. The token to being happy is, even though its so difficult at the time, you have to try and see the positive, you have to make a little bit of light of a bad situation.
So after our amazing holiday. On the 9th October 2014. 6 and a half months after initial diagnoses my Mum was given the all clear. Amazing.
I couldn't thank The Christie Oldham enough, all of the doctors and nurses that helped my mum get through this. We couldn't have got through it without you. You're amazing.
So, on Friday 12th December 2014. I am holding a Giant Christmas Extravaganza in conjunction with Galaxy Pageants, with every single last penny being donated to The Christie Manchester.
There will be a raffle, tombola, face painting, lucky dip, FOOD and BAR and lots more.
This is going to be for both children and adults. Its going to be so much fun and its all going to such an amazing cause.
Tickets are £4 for adults and £2 for Children.
I have a just giving page which I will link up to this event soon, and if you want a ticket, donate your money on my page and I will write you on the guest list! It will be so much fun and its even better knowing that we are providing donations for The Christie.
So we cried, and we cried and then we pulled ourselves tog...ether and decided that, as a family, we would fight this evil disease.
We found out the day before Mothers Day, ironic, isn't it? But as the weeks when by and my mum got fully diagnosed with Grade 3 breast cancer, everyone was being optimistic for the best outcome.
Obviously the big question was always in our minds. Chemotherapy? My mum is a lot of things, but one thing that she always takes pride in, is her appearance, she's so beautiful. So chemo was a big deal for her, she didn't want to be wearing a wig for my sisters wedding and she wanted more than anything to be able to go to our 3 week celebration holiday to Florida.
But we got through it, and she after being told her course of treatment, we were over joyed. I mean, who thinks that you'd be over joyed with any course of treatment for cancer, but when you've been fearing the worst, anything better than that is a miracle.
It was what we was hoping for, she didn't need the chemo, all she needed was the radiotherapy and to have the tumour and some of her lymph nodes removed from her right arm. Even better than that, she received a letter telling her that they had downgraded her cancer diagnoses to a Grade 2.
Any one who knows my mum, knows that she is a fighter, she has her moments, but within two weeks of her surgery, she was working at her little Bacup café. Unbelievable. Of course we wanted her to rest, but she was having none of it, she wasn't going to let this beat her. I was so proud.
My mum is the glue to our whole family.
After her radiotherapy, (which she worked through also!) we could finally rest. I mean, we didn't know if the cancer had fully gone from my mum. But we remained so optimistic, after all, we'd had the best outcome from everything, apart from the cancer.
And in August 2014, we boarded our flight to Florida! Yay!
We was so excited, after all, this time 5 months ago, we would have never had thought we would be on our way to America.
It was the best holiday I've ever had & of course whenever I was being a typical stroppy teenager, or my mum and dad were having their signature bickers.
My mums token line was 'I've not been well me!'
We loved it. The token to being happy is, even though its so difficult at the time, you have to try and see the positive, you have to make a little bit of light of a bad situation.
So after our amazing holiday. On the 9th October 2014. 6 and a half months after initial diagnoses my Mum was given the all clear. Amazing.
I couldn't thank The Christie Oldham enough, all of the doctors and nurses that helped my mum get through this. We couldn't have got through it without you. You're amazing.
So, on Friday 12th December 2014. I am holding a Giant Christmas Extravaganza in conjunction with Galaxy Pageants, with every single last penny being donated to The Christie Manchester.
There will be a raffle, tombola, face painting, lucky dip, FOOD and BAR and lots more.
This is going to be for both children and adults. Its going to be so much fun and its all going to such an amazing cause.
Tickets are £4 for adults and £2 for Children.
I have a just giving page which I will link up to this event soon, and if you want a ticket, donate your money on my page and I will write you on the guest list! It will be so much fun and its even better knowing that we are providing donations for The Christie.