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James Elson is raising money for Cancer Research UK

Participants: Making it to 5 years after being diagnosed with advanced cancer.cancer

“Making it to 5 years after being diagnosed with advanced cancer.cancer”

on 12 April 2012

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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

5 years ago at the grand old age of 33 I was diagnosed with 2 idependent cancers.

Unfortunately one of the cancers was very rare and had no treatment options other than  experimental surgury and a long stay in hospital.

Thankfully, through the support of my partner, family and friends, I have fluked out almost 5 years; on and off chemo.

The advancement of our understand of genetics makes the next 10 years a golden period for cancer treatment and anything we can do to fund the continuing efforts in this area can only be a good thing.

I will be attempting to beat my previous record at Vmax, the premier top speed event in the country:

http://www.vmax200.com/about.php

 My previous record was 206 mph and I will be personally donating £5 per mph achieved: Conditions play a big part and mechanicals have been known to end play early. If such a situation occurs I will find the fastest car someone is willing to offer a pasenger ride in and use that as my speed for the day (assuming no drag/F1/jet cars) turn up!

I hope the money raised will make the lives of the many people affected by cancer,  just that bit easier.

Donation summary

Total
£6,275.00
+ £581.25 Gift Aid
Online
£3,275.00
Offline
£3,000.00

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