Tom was diagnosed with bowel cancer on 1st March 2022.

Tom's journey wasn’t straightforward due to a mix-up with his treatment options as the more scans and consultant appointments he had the more complicated his diagnoses became.

Tom started his chemo journey on 20th May, due to Tom's age and staging of cancer the plan was to ‘go hard or go home’ so he knew he was in for a tough ride.

Throughout his whole treatment journey, Tom was committed, brave, strong and always full of humour. He was determined to still have a full family life and spend as much time with his two young boys as possible.

Tom dislocated his vertebrae in January 2023 which led to him being hospitalised. Tom was transferred to Wakefield Hospice for rehabilitation and stayed for 4 weeks. During this time Tom started experiencing severe headaches which once he had more scans revealed that the cancer had spread into his brain.

The care that Tom received within those 4 weeks was PHENOMENAL! All the staff from the cleaners to the consultants were so kind, considerate, uplifting and professional.

On 1st March 2023 Tom was told the cancer had taken too much of a hold and therefore no further treatment could prolong the inevitable.

Tom deteriorated fast and was back in the hospice within 3 weeks of his consultant appointment.

Again the hospice couldn’t do enough. As they knew Tom from his previous stay they knew how important family was to him, they gave him a room with an enclosed garden so the boys could visit and play outside. They provided toys so the boys could draw pictures, and create models all whilst visiting Daddy.

When it came to Tom's final days, nothing was too much trouble for Tom’s family and friends.

After a very short battle, Tom passed away peacefully on 6th April 2023.

Because the hospice is so phenomenal and is very close to many people's hearts we would love it if you could join us in our bid to give something back by raising money to support their amazing work.

Tom leaves a legacy behind in his boys and he will forever be remembered for the humorous, hardworking, kind, generous and all round good man that he was.

This is the third year Team Tom will of run the Wakefield Hospice 10km, we are hoping to have more than 20 runners.