Kidney Cancer UK is the UK’s leading kidney cancer charity. We seek to reduce the harm caused by kidney cancer by increasing knowledge and awareness, providing patient information and by supporting research into the causes, prevention and treatment of the disease.

5-9th February is Kidney Cancer awareness week. Niki’s story will be shared on Friday the 9th February.

https://www.kcuk.org.uk/2024/01/03/kidney-cancer-awareness-week-2024/

The What…

This is the biggest swimming challenge I have ever undertaken. The Dozen Dips is an ultra swimming event based at the stunning Cotswold Lake 86.

I have to swim a mile, every hour, on the hour for 12 hours. Total distance: 12 miles (around 19.3km)

The inaugural Dozen Dips takes place on Saturday 27th July 2024.

The Why??

One of my closest friends Niki @livingitupwithkidneycancer was diagnosed stage 4 with kidney cancer in Feb 2022, this was a shock and one none of us expected. But two years one, Niki is doing really well and having immunotherapy every 3 weeks with regular scans and everything remains positive.

Niki is sharing her story on instagram so please take sometime and check this out, she had limited symptoms which at the time could have been explained away as other things such as menopause. Please read and educate yourself as this could be a hidden cancer. Don’t ignore symptoms and get checked out today