
Emily Parsons is crowdfunding
Weʼre raising £50,000 to fund research into malignant and currently incurable spinal cord tumours
- Cambridge
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Just after my 22nd birthday, I was diagnosed with a rare, highly aggressive, malignant and currently incurable, spinal cord tumour (Diffuse Midline Glioma, H3 K27M Mutation). Within just 5 weeks following diagnosis, I was given the prognosis that I have limited time to live.
There are less than 100 people diagnosed with this type of tumour in the UK each year, all of them will be between the ages of 3 to 25 years old and sadly all of them will die. The tumour grows rapidly within the Central Nervous System and has a devastating impact either on the spinal cord or the brain.
There have been no advances in treatment for this type of tumour for over 40 years. This needs to change so that other people and their loved ones face a more positive future and my real hope is that a cure can be found one day. In view of the rarity of the disease, there is limited information available which myself and my family have found difficult.
With the help of those around me, I have decided to set up this page to raise money to support a research project currently taking place within the Cancer Research UK’s (CRUK) Children’s Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge. This innovative research project has been jointly funded by CRUK, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Brain Research UK. The research is specifically studying tumours in the Central Nervous System in children and young adults with this rare mutation to identify targeted treatment options for the future. This particular research project is close to my heart because of its relevance to my specific type of tumour, it’s based at Addenbrookes where I have received treatment, and also with my love of children and my future aspirations to have been a primary school teacher it feels like a perfect fit.
In addition, I would like to share with you that whilst I knew there was something wrong, it took multiple GP appointments across several months before I was finally referred to a specialist. I know that for my cancer an early diagnosis would have been highly unlikely to make a difference to my prognosis, but for other cancers it could. We all know our own bodies, so no matter what your age, if something doesn’t feel right, don’t delay seeking professional advice, and don’t give up until someone listens to you.
I would really appreciate it if you could show your support by donating to and sharing this page.
Thank you,
Emily x




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1 month ago
Emily Parsons
1 month agoBelow is the receipt for an additional £500 donation to the research project. Thank you x
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1 month ago
Emily Parsons
1 month agoThank you for your continued support for my page, it is so amazing that we are now over £60,000. We have recently transferred a further £5,700 to the research project bringing our total donations now to £57,786 which is the total fundraising less just giving costs. Thank you x
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2 months ago
Emily Parsons
2 months agoWe were so moved by the comments on Emily's fundraising page, we captured every single comment and created a wordcloud. The more times a particular word is used the bigger the word appears and you will see from the picture below the amazing words which all of you have donated have said about Emily. Our friend Jay Lewis then created a wonderful glass heart which now takes pride of place in our hallway. We will treasure this forever and be grateful to every single one of you who donated. Thank you x
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Anonymous
Mar 26, 2021
£20.00
Mogrify Ltd.
Mar 19, 2021
We hope that this small gesture can help in these difficult times.
Z Yang
Mar 18, 2021
Anonymous
Mar 18, 2021
£20.00
Cora and Peter
Mar 15, 2021
Thinking of you, Emily, and sending our love to you and all the family.
£100.00
Thea
Mar 15, 2021
❤️❤️❤️
Ade Long
Mar 13, 2021
Your spirit and your courage is truly inspirational and humbling. I am sure that others will benefit from your work. My thoughts are with you and your lovely family
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