cancer fundraising
I have been very fortunate to have met some amazing people whilst putting together my bowel cancer fundraising books, and they don’t come much better than Billy Ocean. I was delighted when he agreed to be part of The Record.
Since I began fundraising back in 2012 one of the biggest supporters of what I do has been The Alarm. I’ve met the band members past and present, and made many new wonderful friendships with fellow fans along the way, who have continued to buy my fundraising items in large numbers including The Record.
Over the last seven years or so I have met many amazing people, and one of my favourite meetings was with Siân Lloyd. We met at the stunning Dartmouth House in Mayfair, and I arrived expecting to have perhaps 20 minuets to chat and take some photos, but we ended up speaking for a couple of hours, and Siân was absolutely lovely, has a wonderful sense of humour, and she made feel at ease making the whole experience really enjoyable.
In 2015 I travelled into London to meet Dave Fenton, lead vocalist with The Vapors, a band best remembered for their worldwide smash hit single Turning Japanese. I decided to try and track him down for the Lives & Times bowel cancer fundraising book I was writing.
I can’t believe that it’s almost six years since I met up with the wonderful singer and actress Clare Grogan. She was performing an Altered Images set at Let’s Rock on a very hot summer’s day in Southampton in July 2014, and she’d agreed to have a chat with me for the Lives & Times bowel cancer fundraising book, which I published in 2015.
There are four common stages of bowel cancer numbered from 1 to 4. The TNM staging system is as follows. TNM system T (tumour) – how far the tumour has grown through the bowel wall N (nodes) – whether the cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes M (metastases) – whether the cancer has spread (metastasised) to other
Today’s post during bowel cancer awareness month is the chapter from the Lives & Times bowel cancer fundraising book on my mum, who sadly died of bowel cancer in August 2016. Mum lived to see the book published, and in fact shed a few tears when she saw it for the first time.
April 2020 the world has changed in an instant, and we are living in extremely scary times. However, it must not be forgotten that April is bowel cancer awareness month, and I intend to do what I can to help raise awareness about bowel cancer. For many patients treatments have been delayed and postponed causing much worry and anxiousness. Sadly for many people this month will also be a time when they receive a bowel cancer diagnosis. So here is a little of what raising awareness means to me and an introduction to bowel cancer.
