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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d;">Thanks for visiting my page.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d;"> Many of you are probably wondering why I am running the London Marathon, and more weirdly, why am I running for Pancreatic Cancer UK?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d;">I Applied to enter the London marathon after a minute of madness and managed to get accepted. As you know gaining a coveted London Marathon place is a great feat, therefore I’ve decided to race for a charity which I can connect with the most. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d;"> John Bond, Natalie’s dad, was a great friend who I got extremely close to over the short 3 years of knowing him.<br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d;">John was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer in August of 2007 and died on September 23 at home with myself and his family at his bedside. It was a short battle with cancer but he remained strong and positive throughout. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d;"> After witnessing first-hand the real effects of Pancreatic Cancer, I decided to dedicate my gruelling 26 miles to John – who would have encouraged me all the way - and help raise money for the Charity so they can help search for a cure for this truly terrible disease. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d;"> Facts about Pancreatic Cancer:</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d;"><span>-<span style="font: 7pt &amp;amp;quot;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d;">Pancreatic cancer is one of the few cancers for which survival has not improved substantially over nearly 40 years.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d;"><span>-<span style="font: 7pt &amp;amp;quot;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d;">The average life expectancy after diagnosis with metastatic disease is just three to six months.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d;"><span>-<span style="font: 7pt &amp;amp;quot;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d;">Pancreatic cancer has the highest mortality rate of all major cancers. 94% of pancreatic cancer patients will die within five years of diagnosis – only 6% will survive more than five years. 74% of patients die within the first year of diagnosis.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d;"><span>-<span style="font: 7pt &amp;amp;quot;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d;">Pancreatic cancer is a leading cause of cancer death largely because there are no detection tools to diagnose the disease in its early stages when surgical removal of the tumour is still possible</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d;"> Please help me raise money for Pancreatic Cancer UK to help conduct more research into this disease as Cancer doesn’t care about age, background or future.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d;">I know that I have left this extremely late but EVERY single penny counts. I appreciate anything that you are able to give to this amazing charity.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d;">I WONT LET YOU DOWN!!<br></span></p>
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