July 13 2024, is a day etched in my memory for all the wrong reasons. It was the day my world and my family’s world fell apart. It was the day my husband was rushed into St George’s hospital in Tooting with a suspected brain tumour. About 4 weeks later and after many MRIs and a biopsy he was diagnosed with the worst news; a grade 4 glioblastoma and given between 12-18 months to live.

Move forward to February ‘25 and he’s gone through 6 weeks of radiotherapy and chemotherapy and now half way through a 6 month course of chemotherapy but then that is it. No more treatment. Treatment for this type of brain cancer has not changed or evolved for over 10 years.

So I need to do something to help change this- I’ve signed up to walk 100km for The Brain Tumour charity on May 17-18 along the Jurassic Coast. So many people have said it’s going to be horrifically tough. But whats the point of doing something easy? It’s got to be tough. One thing it won’t be is as tough as is having a brain tumour.

The Brain Tumour Charity is the world's leading brain tumour charity and the largest dedicated funder of research into brain tumours globally. Committed to saving and improving lives, we're moving further, faster to help every single person affected by a brain tumour.

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