James Caldon

James' London Marathon 2022

Fundraising for PROSTATE CANCER UK
£3,761
raised of £2,000 target
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Event: London Marathon 2022, on 2 October 2022
Prostate Cancer UK's 2022 London Marathon Team
Campaign by PROSTATE CANCER UK (RCN 1005541 and in Scotland (SC039332))
Prostate Cancer UK's team of legendary runners taking on the 2022 London Marathon

Story

This year I am proud to say that I am running the London marathon for Prostate Cancer UK after being chosen to represent them with one of their charity places. 

Some of you may know that in June 2020 my dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He had no symptoms directly relating to prostate cancer, instead, he was experiencing shoulder and back pain which was put down to sporting injuries. More investigations led to an Xray which discovered a minor crack in one of his vertebra. A blood test was then carried out and showed a PSA score of over 1,200 - a ‘normal’ score is between 2 and 5. 

Upon further investigation tests showed that the cancer had spread into some of his bones. Fast forward to the end of 2020 and Dad had completed his course of chemotherapy and his PSA was now 0.33! Fast forward another 18 months and his test scores are now 0.06!

After Dad had his diagnosis he made it his mission to get as many of his friends to get tested. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, after Co’s dad had his test, his results came back showing a slightly raised score. He too had no symptoms and in January this year after being monitored for 9 month he had his prostate removed and has made a full recovery and tests have confirmed he is now cancer free.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the UK with 1 in 8 men getting it during their lifetime. I’ll be fundraising over the next 5 months to try and raise funds for the work the charity work does in research into early diagnosis and better treatments.

Thank you for reading 

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Prostate Cancer UK's team of legendary runners taking on the 2022 London Marathon

About the charity

PROSTATE CANCER UK

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RCN 1005541 and in Scotland (SC039332)
Prostate Cancer UK has a simple ambition - to stop men dying from prostate cancer. Through shifting the science over the next 10 years to focus on radical improvements in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and support, we will stop prostate cancer being a killer.

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