Hello ..

So this is probably the daftest thing iv ever done however I feel I need to do something to raise awareness about this terrible disease so here is our story……..

Some of you may know that my beautiful mum was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019 not long after she retired from work. She had her whole retirement ahead of her, so many plans and aspirations however after a couple of visits to the doctors everything was put on hold by that awful disease 😫.

After consultation the next move was a mastectomy however before that she was told to go on holiday and forget about it all until she was back … she did exactly that ☀️

After an amazing holiday she returned and the operation took place, recovery from the surgery went well and then COVID hit … we all know how much of a pain in the backside that was 😫😷

My beautiful mum had to endure cancer, surgery, COVID and then the prospect of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, not ideal I know.

The treatment went really well on the whole, mainly due to the positive and undetractable determination of my mum. ☺️.

The bell 🔔 was rang, tears were shed, hugs were a plenty. “We have beat it mum” said my dad, jack, Georgie, Jodie and I. But no, that was just the start of things to come.

The radiotherapy had done irreversible damage, a risk we didn’t take seriously. Scarring to her lungs 🫁.

Cough after cough, cough after cough, cough after cough. Somethings not right here mum. Test after test, waiting room after waiting room … more tests ….

Drug induced pulmonary fibrosis.

It’s terminal the consultant said. 5 years usually. 😢 ….. terminal. That word will haunt us forever.

That’s when our world 🌍 changed.

This disease is truly awful. Although my mum fights every single day to carry on and still gets up with a smile on her face and a bounce in her step this illness is slowly taking her life away, a thought that our family is struggling to comprehend.

So although I can’t do anything to put the breaks on the sad inevitably for my family I would like to raise some awareness about the disease and raise a few quid for the charity in the meantime ☺️ so Iv signed up to fight in the UWCB event in Wigan on the 14th Dec.

This will mean me loosing my beer belly, putting the crisps and cake down and actually moving my flabby backside for 8 weeks full on training.

I know, questionable right !! 😂😂

Although I will have doubters this is a minor challenge and a minor fight compared to the fight that my mum and the millions of others that are fighting daily against this disease. So although I’ll probably really struggle and will literally be blowing out of my backside doing this is a small token of respect for my mum and others living with pulmonary fibrosis.

I might lose my fight however I will still wake up the next day and continue my life. People losing their fight with this illness will not have that luxury so what I’m doing is a drop in the ocean compared to the brave people living with this torrid condition.

Please sponsor me, anything you can give to help fund tomorrow’s research WILL make a difference.

Thank you for reading our story and please pray for me 😂

Much love.

Simon