Valentines Day'18 I got diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer. The Cancer is Soft Tissue Sarcoma (Cancer of the muscle). The reason for it being a Stage 4 Cancer is because it has spread from my arm to my lungs and it is incurable. The consultants have suggested that it is a non-preventable diagnosis which means it wasn't linked to lifestyle.

I'm currently going through a Chemotherapy programme to hopefully shrink the Tumours and then with all the positivity in the world have surgery to remove the Tumour from my arm and from my lungs. This will then take me into remission which I am praying endlessly for.

The weirdest aspect of this disease is that in myself I feel mentally strong and physically strong, in fact this is the strongest and most positive I've ever been, yet there is a disease killing me inside. Very strange....

One thing that has drastically changed in my mindset is that you never know what is around the corner, whether this being tomorrow or 10 years down the line. So why was I always living 5, 10, 20 years ahead of today? Why did I never think about the good things I have achieved to date and the good things that are happening right now? Rather than always thinking about what's next. What I'm trying to say is that you wake up, you're breathing, you're healthy (maybe not when you've had a heavy night on the booze), you have money in the bank, you have a job, you have an army of friends and family to give support, so live in the present and enjoy your life!!!!!! I'm currently waking up thinking, I'm breathing, then I put a nice big tick in the box and enjoy what I have in life!!!!!

I will be undertaking a fundraising head shave at The Cutting Company, Stamford (join if you like) and I would really appreciate a donation for Addenbrookes Oncology and The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham as they are the professionals looking after me. Currently I am asking each of them if there is anything they need specifically which the donation will then help fund.