Updated on Jan 13th 2012 at 10:07 PM from the JustGiving API

Sadly John lost his battle with Pancreatic Cancer on 2nd January peacefully at home with his family x

<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p> <p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p> <p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">Some refer to pancreatic cancer as the silent killer, by the time you are diagnosed it can be too late for surgery which gives you the best chance of living longer but comes with the biggest mortality risk.&nbsp; 3% of those diagnosed will live longer than 5 years, most people will be dead within 6 months of diagnosis, although chemeotherapy can give you longer which is what we are hoping for.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">Recently my fantastic father-in-law John has been diagnosed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>This has come as a complete thunder clap to the family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>In true John style he is taking it in his stride and still smiling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Unfortunately his general health is not good enough for surgery. &nbsp;Although John has been diagnosed late as family members and friends we hope that if detection rates are significantly improved and treatments are improved less families in the future will have to go through what we are going through now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>It is times like these when your true friends come to the forefront and when my dear friend Lucy suggested running the Dublin Marathon on Monday October 31 2011 for Pancreatic Cancer UK, I said yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>We may be a little short in mileage preparation, but we will make it over the finish line as our pain on that day is a small price to pay for raising money for much needed research into this terrible disease.</span></p> <p>Thank you for your support.</p>