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Closed 05/07/2018
Iʼve raised £22,157 to donate to the Oncology Unit at Addenbrookes Hospital and The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham.
- Stamford, UK
- Funded on Thursday, 5th July 2018
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Story
Valentines Day'18 I got diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer. The Cancer is Soft Tissue Sarcoma (Cancer of the muscle). The reason for it being a Stage 4 Cancer is because it has spread from my arm to my lungs and it is incurable. The consultants have suggested that it is a non-preventable diagnosis which means it wasn't linked to lifestyle.
I'm currently going through a Chemotherapy programme to hopefully shrink the Tumours and then with all the positivity in the world have surgery to remove the Tumour from my arm and from my lungs. This will then take me into remission which I am praying endlessly for.
The weirdest aspect of this disease is that in myself I feel mentally strong and physically strong, in fact this is the strongest and most positive I've ever been, yet there is a disease killing me inside. Very strange....
One thing that has drastically changed in my mindset is that you never know what is around the corner, whether this being tomorrow or 10 years down the line. So why was I always living 5, 10, 20 years ahead of today? Why did I never think about the good things I have achieved to date and the good things that are happening right now? Rather than always thinking about what's next. What I'm trying to say is that you wake up, you're breathing, you're healthy (maybe not when you've had a heavy night on the booze), you have money in the bank, you have a job, you have an army of friends and family to give support, so live in the present and enjoy your life!!!!!! I'm currently waking up thinking, I'm breathing, then I put a nice big tick in the box and enjoy what I have in life!!!!!
I will be undertaking a fundraising head shave at The Cutting Company, Stamford (join if you like) and I would really appreciate a donation for Addenbrookes Oncology and The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham as they are the professionals looking after me. Currently I am asking each of them if there is anything they need specifically which the donation will then help fund.
Updates
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- 6 years ago
James Willis
6 years agoHi everyone, Apologies for the lack of update, Ive just been trying to enjoy time off work in between treatments. The current treatment isn't as bad as the first, which is amazing:) I've now been off work for 4 months, this is the longest I've not been occupied with work or education since I started primary school. I can say I'm not bored yet! Emma and I are looking to go on our honeymoon at the end of July, FINALLY!! This will be the day after my scan results on the 19th July. Generally I'm feeling ok just a little anxious about the next scan!
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- 7 years ago
James Willis
7 years agoSo, I haven't posted any updates on here for a while. I have been focusing on my treatment, eating/juicing lovely veggies and just chilling (Something that is very new to me). Anyway, I had a scan on Tuesday which the results were presented to us on Friday. It was not the greatest news, however, some positivity was taken from it. The cancer has got slightly worse which is annoying. They are now changing my chemo to something that has more evidence of working. This is due to my current chemo being a trial and not knowing whether it would work...
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- 7 years ago
James Willis
7 years agoWhoop! £10k is a massive achievement and its all down to you guys. This is an amazing experience watching the donations come in and reading everyone's messages. This is half the battle being able to keep the mind in a good place, so thanks everyone.
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Jamie Abbott
Jun 25, 2018
Hi James,Firstly, congratulations and enjoy your honeymoon mate!Just a contribution to help make the boat go faster.All the best for the scan in July. Thinking of you.Jamie
£20.00
Ben Chadli
Jun 22, 2018
Best of luck with the treatment
£20.00
Caner Kaya
Jun 22, 2018
your an strong man you would overcome this period of life and get better all the best wishes to you stay strong mate never give up
£30.00
Lawrence John
Jun 21, 2018
Iv done two boxing events to fight this so I'm gonna give it one more fist buy donating !
£50.00
Liam Bamford
Jun 1, 2018
All the best you beautiful man. From the Bamfords
£50.00
James Mutimer
May 26, 2018
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Anonymous
May 13, 2018
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