10 months ago I was diagnosed with appendix cancer.  This is a rare cancer that occurs in only  2/3 people in a million.

The treatment that is likely to give me the best outcome is known as MOAS - Mother of all surgeries! As well as removing various organs and cancer,  surgeons will use HIPEC a high temperature intra-abdominal chemotherapy  The surgery lasts upwards of 10 hours  

I am extremely fortunate to be under the care of a world class team of specialists at the Peritoneal unit in Basingstoke  and on the 6th July I hope to be undergoing surgery .

Throughout the last ten months I have been fortunate to have received fantastic care from medical teams,  love and support from my friends and family and an education into what it is to have appendix cancer from a wonderful charity who have provided much needed support and information about what it is to have this disease. 

As part of my preparation for getting physically ready for surgery a group of my friends and I are walking the equivalent distance from Birmingham to Basingstoke (140 miles). We are charting the daily miles as the day gets closer.

If you would like to join me in helping to raise awareness and funds for much needed research into Appendix cancer then please feel free to share and donate.

you can find out more information here; www.pseudomyxomasurvivor.org

Pseudomyxoma Survivor is a non-profit organization, run by patients and caregivers. We have a thriving support community supporting anyone whose life has been touched by pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) as well as appendix cancer and other peritoneal surface malignancies. We’re completely dependent on voluntary donations. Our patron is Sean Hepburn Ferrer. Sean’s mother, Audrey Hepburn, passed away shortly after being diagnosed with PMP.