My dad died with throat cancer in 1989, when there was no treatment, just pain relief with morphine. The advances made in forms of cancer treatment in the last 3 decades have been astounding. Most recently we have seen the growing use of proton beam therapy. The amount and regularity of any dose of treatment is still in a learning and development phase.

I'm thankful for my level of fitness at 58 years of age, so that I'll run the London marathon as long as I feel able to complete 26 miles. My training has been going well so fingers crossed for Sunday 2 October 2022.

Please play your part and sponsor me so I can reach my £2,000 target. Together we can help advance cancer research for the benefit of us all.

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