Thank you for taking the time to read through my page.

The biggest question you'll ask is why? and it's a question I asked before and after I registered and I'll probably ask myself many times along the way!

A friend is a short answer. A friend whose life I witnessed first-hand dissolve before my and his other friends and family's eyes. The ups and downs, hopes and beliefs and everything that goes with the battle against cancer. Also an incredible feeling of guilt and uselessness, a feeling I have no doubt those that have been impacted by cancer will know too well.

I'm not sure whether it's age or demographics; but at the moment there seems to be an awful lot of family and friends fighting to beat this unimaginable disease!

A lost friend, survivors that have had their dark passenger return, those fighting and those that have recently been diagnosed. I can count 15 in my immediate circle.

On the positive side, I have many who have survived, have been 'cured' or who cautiously wait on their next check up, hoping their dark passenger hasn't returned.

We've made monumental strides in the early diagnosis, treatment and care of Cancer in all its form, but need to keep fighting and perhaps one day make it as insignificant as a snotty nose!

So. In answer to Why? It's because my body can and will spend a few uncomfortable moments trying to make sure less people spend theirs in pain and discomfort. It's the very least I can do for those friends and family that get up and fight for as long as it takes and as hard as it gets. But in this moment, it's for Phil.x