<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit this JustGiving page.</p> <p>Brain tumours are the biggest killers of young people yet we know so little about them.</p> <p>Around 22 of us &nbsp;from all over the UK(family and friends) have joined together to take on this 24mile challenge to raise money and awareness, as both my father and I have been affected by brain tumours.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em><strong>Our Stories</strong></em></p> <p><span style="color: #99cc00;"><em><strong><br /></strong></em></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000080;"><em>About Ten years ago my father, Bob, developed hearing loss in one ear. We all teased him mercilessly for getting old and deaf, but a few investigations later, it turned out he had a rare tumour on the nerve to his ear.&nbsp;</em></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000080;"><em>He has never regained his hearing in that ear, but thankfully due to modern medicine he had once off 'gamma knife' radiotherapy which has stopped the tumour in its tracks. He is now monitored by the hospital annually and is fit, ready to take on the peaks!&nbsp;</em></span></p> <p>***************************************************************************************************</p> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><em><span style="color: #000080;">In 2007 I was diagnosed with a large Neurocytoma brain tumour- &nbsp;which could thankfully be operated on. I was rushed into hospital as there was a possiblity I could lose my sight. I was operated on twice in 2 weeks but 18m later the left over tumour started to grow again. I needed to have another operation risking epilepsy and memory loss among others once again. Afterwards I had 6 weeks of radiotherapy every day to stop it growing back.&nbsp;6 weeks after that Dad walked me down the aisle on a day of celebration and new beginnings in lots of ways!</span></em></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">This page is a celebration of what we can all achieve <em>together</em> with a common purpose.</span></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></strong></p> <p>Your money will go to supporting the new Leeds Brain Tumour Research group at the Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine LIMM. They are reasearching into this devastating disease causes/treatments and your money will also go directly to supporting patients and families suffering from the effects of the disease.</p> <p><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;"> </span></p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">"Dr Sean Lawler, an eminent neuro-oncolgy scientist leads the&nbsp;group called "Translational Neuro-oncology Group at LIMM"&nbsp;and this is an overview of the work that he plans to carry out over the next 5 years.</p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #000080; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Sean's vision is build a research group dedicated to identifying novel approaches that will improve the outcome for patients with brain tumours, including the most aggressive and difficult to treat of brain tumours, glioblastoma. Brain tumors affect both adults and children; in fact, paediatric brain tumors are now the leading cause of cancer mortality in children, and the new research group will be looking closely at this problem."</span></p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #000080; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><br /></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>It's not so often you hear about brain tumour 'survivors' (especially 2 in the same family!) and we want to use our experiences to help others and of course take on the challenge ourselves...</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Thank you for reading</p> <p>Thanks to all walking and supporting us</p> <p><em><strong>Thank you for your donations- we are doing better than we imagined we could! Lets keep it up!</strong></em></p> <p>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</p> <p>***Phemomenal Day in the blazing sun! 23 completed in 12hours, 2 got injuries but the atmosphere was amazing. Thank you everyone for your support! All for a wonderful cause.</p>