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I have chosen to raise moneyfor MacMillan Cancer Support because on and off over the last three years my dadhas been fighting cancer.  I wantedto do something to raise money so MacMillan can continue to help other familiesgoing through similar situations to dad and my family. I decided to dedicate mysummer break from university to train for the London Olympic Triathlon. 

In December 2007 he started tolose feeling in his right leg, to the point were it became numb, and when hegot it checked out he was soon diagnosed with a non-hodgkin’s lymphomatumor.  He soon started his longcourse of chemotherapy, which lasted 5 months, and then underwent radiotherapyto completely kill the tumor. During this time he became a lot weaker and couldn’t do all the thingshe used to do, but this didn’t stop him from at least trying.  He was given the all clear later in theyear and we were all very relieved once we had heard the news.  Unfortunately the cancer came back 6months later and this time it was in his neck, and instead of having the normalchemotherapy he had to go into hospital to an isolation room for just over amonth to undergo a stem cell transplant. This had a huge impact on Dad’s life as well as my family and his closefriends.  Everything happened soquickly but we were always so well informed and the nurses were always there toanswer my questions. 

After receiving this terrible news I want to try and raise as much as I possibly can for this wonderful charity and also complete the triathlon as quickly as possible.