Sarah-Jane saves the day and takes on Brighton Marathon in place of her sister whose cancer has returned

After completing a year of chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer in 2015, Ceri was set on running two marathons in 2017 to raise money for Pancreatic Cancer Action. However, in the last few months, Ceri’s cancer has unfortunately come back. She has now started a new course of chemotherapy and, as a result, her marathon training has had to take a back seat. So, Ceri’s family have all decided to take on the challenge together

Ceri was just 34 years old when she was diagnosed in 2014 with pancreatic cancer; the UK’s 5^th biggest cancer killer. She was pregnant with her second child when she became jaundice the day before Christmas Eve. She was treated for a rare condition that happens during pregnancy, but her symptoms continued to worsen and the baby was born prematurely. When her son was only a few weeks old she was told the terrifying news that she had pancreatic cancer and was facing a survival rate of just 5%.

Ceri says: “It had all been such a whirlwind, but all I can remember thinking, is that I would have to give up breast feeding and that if I died, my 2 boys would have no memory of me at all, my eldest son wasn’t even 2 years old and the baby was less than 3 weeks old.  My husband and I didn’t ask any questions at this point as all we wanted to do was start the treatment as soon as possible and get me well again, for me, dying was just not an option.”