My husband and I are running the London Landmarks Half Marathon in April to raise money for a great charity. The Pituitary Foundation is an organisation that is close to our hearts. In 2016, nearly one year after our marriage I became very ill. After a couple of weeks in hospital and a number of investigations I had to have emergency surgery to remove a benign tumor from my pituitary gland. As the tumor was hemorrhaging and affecting my vision the surgeons had to remove pretty much all of my gland. I didn't realise until after it was gone how important this was, it isn't called the master gland for no reason. I now have to live life on a number of medications and it has affected my fertility hormones, along with others. This put us on a long IVF journey we weren't expecting to come across in our married life. It has sadly not brought us the outcome we so wished for and we are both running this race to create awareness for anyone living with pituitary issues. The Pituitary Foundation has always been at the end of the phone if we need advice or support with anything big or small and we would really like to raise as much money as possible so they can continue to help the many people who need them on a daily basis.

Thank you in advance for your support.