Mike Croton
Will you sponsor the Elephant
Fundraising for The Brain Tumour Charity
Story
Together with Christine I will be completing the Chester Twilight walk dressed in an Elephant costume. Having completed this walk on a number of occasions. I decided to try something different this year.
In aid of the Brian Tumour Charity one of the most neglected Charities.
Just consider the following:
- Only 1% of the national spend on cancer research has been allocated to brain tumours.
- 16,000 people each year are diagnosed with a brain tumour.
- 40% of all cancers eventually spread to the brain.
- Brain cancer deaths are rising, unlike most other cancers.
- Patient personality changes that can occur as a result of a brain tumour cause massive family disruption.
On a personal note:
- Mike's late wife, Lesley, was diagnosed with breast cancer which spread to her brain.
- Christine's late husband, Keith, was taken away from her by a brain tumour.
Tragic as these events were, we aren't doing the walk in Lesley's or Keith's memory. We are raising money for all the future undiagnosed cases, in the hope that the outcome will be better.
After all that could be any of us.
