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We are raising funds in support of our dear colleague, DC Tammi Morrell-Knapton by playing a charity football match on the 15th November.

Any support would be much appreciated.

You can read her story below.

Thank you in advance

West Yorkshire Police Football Club

Hi and thank you for visiting my fundraising page.

Towards the end of January this year I was suddenly struck down with unexplainable pain in my sternoclavicular joint. Within 48 hours I was bedridden and unable to move, care for myself, or do anything without assistance from my husband Nick.

We visited two hospitals and were turned away. A week after becoming ill we paid for a private MRI scan at a clinic in Leeds and I was contacted that same evening by the radiologist advising me to seek urgent medical treatment.I was taken by ambulance to York Teaching Hospital and diagnosed with an extremely rare condition called Septic Arthritis whereby my sternoclavicular joint was infected with Streptococcus Pneumoniae bacteria. The MRI had also shown abnormalities within my bone marrow and after a bone marrow biopsy, on the 5th February, I was given the diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma which is an incurable cancer of the bone marrow. I began a chemotherapy regime straight away.

As a fit and active 39-year-old Police Officer with a 4-year-old daughter, this news was devastating, especially as it is extremely rare for this type of cancer to be diagnosed in patients younger than 65 years of age.

My consultant has recommended that Lenalidomide maintenance therapy would be the most impactive and immediate treatment that I should seek but it’s sadly outside the scope of the NHS.

Without this treatment, my chances of life are limited but with it, I could enjoy another two years of life. It may not sound like much but it means more crucial days with my brave little girl, and my family. I’m asking for help so I can enjoy these precious moments.

The drug is self-funded in advance at a cost of approximately £4368 per month and I may require up to 2 years’ worth, that is if it is successful in the first instance.

Any support which you are able to offer in helping me fundraise would be hugely appreciated as I cannot do this alone.

The money means the world to me and my family as it gives me a fighting chance to access a treatment which is not funded under the NHS.

Thank you and lots of love, Tammi x