My friend Kath was diagnosed with a rare, in fact barely heard of tumour called Pheochromocytoma in March 2013.

In June the same year she underwent surgery to remove a tumour the size of baby.

The surgery removed all of the tumour but in July 2015 it returned and she was found to have secondaries in her lungs. By December 2016 it had progressed to her shoulder and hip. This required her to have pins inserted into her leg in March 2017 to protect that hip.

In April and November 2017 she received MIGB radionuclide treatment but this was not 100% effective as had been hoped.

As a result it has now been decided that Lutate treatment will be the most effective. However, this is not available free of charge on the NHS and is likely to cost £12,000 per treatment and Kath will need four lots of treatment.

Kath has been one of my best friends for years and is one of the kindest most genuine people that I know. We became friends through our sons being friends and her family are like an extended part of our own.

In order to help raise money towards the treatment I am doing a Slim-a-Thon.

I started on 4th March and my aim is to lose 2 stone by 2nd June. Each week I will “weigh-in” and my progress will be recorded and a monthly update provided to make sure I am on target.

Please help me help Kath by sponsoring or donating on this Just giving page.