Suzanne and Annette along with another friend Tulip will be cycling from London to Paris in May to raise funds for pancreatic cancer. They have started a blog entitled “Three Girls in Five Days” which will be following their training and preparations for the adventure and their experiences during the cycle ride beginning on 13th May 2012.
Do check out their blog and you can support them by donating online via their Pancreatic Cancer Action JustGiving page
Annette gives her reasons for for the fundraising trip below
“I recently lost a very dear friend and a wonderful human being far too early in her life to pancreatic cancer. Earlier in the year another friend lost her Dad to the same disease, and of course the world is very aware of the loss of Steve Jobs. Ironically it was Steve Jobs that made me think more about pancreatic cancer, and how it is for the “ordinary” folk who live with it and die from it.
I understand that one of the key issues with pancreatic cancer is that diagnosis is very late in the piece and that leaves the sufferer very little time once they learn they have the disease until they are gone. This is pretty damn tough for them and their family and friends. It leaves so little time to come to terms with it and do the things you want and need to do to “put things in order” and emotionally prepare and secure the people that you love and are dear to your heart. So raising awareness of this disease and looking for ways to get earlier identification and diagnosis has to be a good thing in my book.”
Thank you so much!
Suzanne and Annette
To support Suzanne and Annette, please visit their Pancreatic Cancer Action JustGiving page
- Posted by Admin on January 22, 2012
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