Aaron is my daughters partner and he is taking on his 2nd fundraising boxing challenge (White Collar Boxing) for Cancer Research, this Christmas.
When our lovely Aaron took up the challenge again this year, to show cancer who is the boss, little did we know how poignant this would become.
This week my sister Alison has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. It is in her brain, kidneys, liver, spleen, lungs, stomach and Pancreas.
Needless to say she has a very short time (weeks) left with us all.
We are devastated.
Alison is petrified.
What I want to know is, why are melanoma skin cancer patients not given body scans as routine, once the melanoma had been removed and patients are considered to be in remission, as happened to Alison 4 yrs ago?
Surely a contribution of monies raised can be given to fund body scanning, alongside funding vital research.
It is not good enough that now Dr’s say there was perhaps just one cell that got away, causing this secondary cancer.
I intend to campaign for this to become standard practice, and I want to hear from you if this has been yours or a loved ones experience.
I want Cancer Research, Macmillan, NHS Trusts and anyone else to talk to me and explain why funds are not given to the screening of the human internal system.
I want an open dialogue to engage with people on levels where understanding, awareness and vital equipment are all in the realms of possibility. Can you help me?
Please support Aaron and anyone else you know who are taking part in fundraising challenges to show cancer who is boss.
Please share this again and again. Let us get our voices heard about this and begin to make an impact. Skin cancer is killing far too many people.
You can support Aaron here:
https://www.justgiving.com/Aaron-Meek1/
Please email me, Sarah-Jane @ madame-butterfly@live.co.uk or post your comments, thoughts, experiences on here.
The sound of two feet 