My mother , Marj, suffers from Alzheimer's. She's been a strong and determined lady and a real force to be reckoned with battling breast cancer aged 35, and bringing up myself and my sister whilst developing a successful ice cream manufacturing business with my father. She is 89, and whilst she still has her sense of humour, it's clear that she's a long way from the force she once was. 

My uncle and godfather was one of the leading lights in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Sadly he suffered from Alzheimer's disease shortly before his death. 

This is a cruel and terrrible disease affecting many lives... so please give to our charity walk and help spur us on!!!

Please read below his obituary from The Guardian to see what an inspiration he was. 
Professor Roger Blamey, who has died aged 79, helped to lead a revolution in the treatment of breast cancer, improving the quality of life and prospects for hundreds of thousands of women around the world.
In the 1960s understanding of breast cancer risk was rudimentary. Radical mastectomy, carried out by general surgeons, was the standard approach. Often, women were advised to undergo the removal of both breasts simply because they were lumpy or because biopsies had shown changes to breast tissue which are now known not to be associated with any increased breast cancer risk.
Blamey, a surgeon at Nottingham City Hospital, was determined to change all that and to ensure that each patient received the most appropriate treatment for their particular form of cancer. He set up one of the country’s first dedicated breast clinics and set to work to define and calibrate a range of prognostic and predictive indicators to guide clinicians as to the best treatment in individual cases.
Working in collaboration with the Tenovus Research Institute in Cardiff, John Haybittle in Cambridge, and his pathologist colleague Christopher Elston, he examined the records of a large group of patients and followed up their progress post-treatment. This research resulted, in 1982, in the publication of the Nottingham Prognostic Index (NPI) which, updated as new predictive discoveries are made, is used all over the world to guide the best combination of surgery and other therapy in particular cases — and as a basis for discussing choices with patients.
In Nottingham Blamey established one of the country’s first breast screening programmes, building such a reputation that the Nottingham service became the leading training centre for the national screening programme that was introduced in 1988. Blamey oversaw the early trials for the national programme and went on to advise on the optimum frequency for screening, which is now offered to all women over 50 every three years. He was a leading force in the foundation, in 2003, of the Nottingham Breast Institute, which now sees 35,000 breast cancer patients annually and is a leading centre of research. 
Professor Roger Blamey, born March 16 1935, died September 1 2014
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