Dean Nicholson

An old man remembering an old friend

Fundraising for Blood Cancer UK
£624
raised of £520 target
by 42 supporters
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Event: London Bikeathon, on 24 July 2016
In memory of Paul Cooper
Blood Cancer UK

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We fund research and provide support to improve blood cancer patients' lives

Story


Cancer is an indiscriminate predator. Turning your own body against itself. The only way to beat it is to find a cure, a fix, a means to fight back.

I started doing the London Bikeathon in 2009 in memory of my best friend Paul who died in 2000 at the age of 25 from Hodgkin's Lymphoma after a three and a half year battle. Paul had several rounds of chemo and radiotherapy and Two stem cell transplants. He never gave up and always had a smile for you. The Bikeathon took on an even more personal meaning for me in 2010 when my mother was diagnosed with Cancer. Although it wasn't a blood cancer it didn't matter to me. Sadly my mother died after a short hard fight in July of that year. I miss them both so very much.

I did two more Bikeathon's before an operation to hopefully slow down the Arthritis in my right knee stopped me. In 2013 i was involved in an accident with a car which re-ruptured ligaments and destroyed what was left of the cartilage in my right knee kept me off of my Bike until now. So 5 operations later, constant pain and with nothing in my right knee but bone I'm back and i'm going to do this 52 mile ride with a very close friend. 

Please support me and please support those suffering from and trying to beat blood cancers.

I thank you from the very bottom of my heart x

About the charity

Blood Cancer UK

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We're dedicated to beating blood cancer. We fund research and support those affected. Since 1960, we've invested over £500 million in blood cancer research, transforming treatments and saving lives. The day we beat blood cancer is now in sight and our researchers are determined to finish the job.

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