Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.  I have done this zipslide because my sister Lynne does such great work fundraising for teenagers fighting cancer and I want to do my bit to help.  Plus, I have two teenagers - can't imagine how I would cope if they got cancer.  Plus, its hard to say no to Lynne!

It was an amazing experience - glad I did it - the view was stunning and we got lucky with the weather - a sunny dry not too windy day.   Thanks for supporting me.

The funds raised here will go towards the creation of  a new Teenage Cancer Trust unit at Western General Hospital in Edinburgh. This Unit will be for cancer patients aged 16 – 24.   

In the meantime, a unit for younger teenagers (13 – 16 year olds) is expected to open  in the next two weeks at The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh.  Teenage Cancer Trust has refurbished an area at the hospital.

All funds for this Unit were raised locally by people like you and me.

There’s never a good time to get cancer, but for a teenager the timing seems particularly cruel. Young people can get some of the most rare and aggressive forms of cancer. The emotional upheaval of adolescence can make a cancer diagnosis even harder to cope with.

Every day in the UK, six young people will have to face that diagnosis. Teenage Cancer Trust understands that teenage cancer requires specialist care and in fact, that young people have a much better chance in their fight against cancer if they are treated by teenage cancer experts, in an environment tailored to their needs.

Teenage Cancer Trust builds units in NHS hospitals which improve the quality of life and chances of survival for young people with cancer. But as they receive no government funding, and rely on voluntary donations from people like you. It costs around £2million to build and equip a new unit. TCT estimate that with the units they currently have around the UK, only half of the teenagers diagnosed with cancer now have access to this dedicated, specialist support. Their aim is build enough units so that, by 2012, every single teenager with cancer will be treated on one.

For more information about TCT East of Scotland and how you can get involved, call Teenage Cancer Trust Ambassador, Lynne McNicoll on 07901 555 352

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So please dig deep and donate now.

thanks

Alan