| Prostate Cancer Charity Fundraising 12:26 - Mar 10 with 921 views | SaleAway |
Hi All,
I know I'm just a virtual member of this community, and haven't met any of you, that I'm aware of in person, but I thought I would share my current fundraising activities, as I've seen the generosity of spirit that is in so many of the members of this forum.
About 10 years ago, my father was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. Initially, as for many men, it was just monitored, but about 5 years ago, it grew, to the point that it needed intervention. He undertook a new procedure (high frequency ultrasound therapy), which put him into remission, and he's been being monitored ever since. Signs were good until last summer, when his regular tests showed up an anomaly, and he went back for further scans. Unfortunately, the cancer was back, and this time was more aggressive. He's been given a treatment plan, which involves hormone therapy for a year, and radiotherapy, which is a daily trip to the hospital for approximately 3 months. I live too far away from him to be able to provide regular practical support, so whilst he is doing his treatments, I took it upon myself to fundraise for Prostate Cancer UK.
I'm doing one challenge a month for a year. So far I've completed December ( run 5k every day), January ( no booze), February ( daily burpee challenge). March's challenge is the Liverpool Half marathon, and April, I'm doing a 100 mile bike ride across the width of wales.
I'm very tired... training for these has been going on in conjunction with burpees etc.
If anyone has a few spare pennies, then please can I beg for some support:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/madfordad
And whether you can sponsor me or not, its also worth highlighting this - which is a Prostate Cancer UK risk checker... it takes 30 seconds, and could save your life. So please, if you do nothing else, take the time to do this.
https://prostatecanceruk.org/risk-checker.html
thanks,
Andy
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| Prostate Cancer Charity Fundraising on 12:42 - Apr 19 with 803 views | SaleAway |
quick bump, as this weekend, I ride the width of wales..... | |
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| Prostate Cancer Charity Fundraising on 14:12 - Jul 26 with 650 views | SaleAway |
A little bump on this....
On Saturday, I'm doing the Yorkshire 3 peaks, with my friend, Chris, who also did the width of Wales ride with me.... Its pretty much a marathon, but with a load of ascent involved too.
And I'm having to miss the Bolton game.
Surely, that deserves a few pennies - My original target for this year, was £1000 - with a lot of generosity, I've passed subsequent targets of £3k and £3.5k... I've not upped the target again, but I would love to reach £5k before the end of the year.
Oh, and if you can't afford to sponsor, perhaps you could just use the risk checker instead.
cheers.
Andy
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/madfordad | |
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| Prostate Cancer Charity Fundraising on 13:41 - Aug 1 with 553 views | SaleAway |
| Prostate Cancer Charity Fundraising on 14:12 - Jul 26 by SaleAway |
A little bump on this....
On Saturday, I'm doing the Yorkshire 3 peaks, with my friend, Chris, who also did the width of Wales ride with me.... Its pretty much a marathon, but with a load of ascent involved too.
And I'm having to miss the Bolton game.
Surely, that deserves a few pennies - My original target for this year, was £1000 - with a lot of generosity, I've passed subsequent targets of £3k and £3.5k... I've not upped the target again, but I would love to reach £5k before the end of the year.
Oh, and if you can't afford to sponsor, perhaps you could just use the risk checker instead.
cheers.
Andy
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/madfordad |
Saturday was brutal.... successfully completed the 3 peaks in just under 9 hours.. of which about 8 was in "that fine rain that gets you really wet", nevertheless, it was cracking walk, that I'm tempted to do again on a nice day, when we might actually get to see the views. | |
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