Kelli, Denise & Leighton walking 100km in the fight against Brain Tumours
Kelli Kendrick is raising money for The Brain Tumour Charity
Participants: Leighton Kendrick, Denise Thomas, Claudia Vital, Callan Thomas, Bobby Mulvey
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2 Day Challenge - 100km
On the 1st January 2017 New Years Day my son Leighton Kendrick was diagnosed with a Brain Tumour.
New Years Eve when most people were celebrating he was being rushed to A&E after having a car accident induced by a seizure he was 26!
There was no symptoms, and initially my brain refused to acknowledge, or process the information being given.
We have now accelerated forward almost 2 years from that devastating day, having faced an operation to resect the tumour, which was not very successful, a full round of Radio therapy, and half way through Chemotherapy, we now accept the Tumour has become a part of our world.
Determined to join the fight against Brain Tumours, me, and my family will be walking 100km in 2 days.
The Brain Tumour Charity is at the forefront of this fight to defeat brain tumours, making a difference every day to the lives of people with a brain tumour and their families. They are committed to having the greatest possible impact on the lives of everyone affected by this disease, to defending the most amazing part of the human body, and together defeating brain tumours.
Survival rates for brain tumours in adults have improved little in over 40 years: 60% of people diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour will not survive one year and just 19% of adults will survive for five years or more.
This means that more than 5,000 people lose their lives every year. In addition, brain tumours reduce life expectancy by an average of 20 years, the highest reduction of any cancer. Despite these stark statistics,less than 2% of the £500 million invested in cancer research in the UK every year is spent on brain tumours.
We must improve survival rates through the funding of high quality research.
Brain tumours are different from other cancers – they affect the part of the body that makes you the person you are. This is why people with a brain tumour and their families do not simply focus on survival but on their quality of life.
Of those currently living with a brain tumour in the UK, most will be coping with a reduced quality of life – in fact, over 62% of children who survive a brain tumour are left with a life-altering, long-term disability. The daily impact that brain tumours have, as well as the trauma of diagnosis, must be understood more widely.
We must reduce the harm caused, not only to the lives of those living with this disease, but to their carers, families and friends.
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