Aimee Mccarthy
Aimee's let's beat brain tumours
Fundraising for The Brain Tumour Charity
Story
"Brain tumours are the most common cause of cancer deaths in children and adults under 40." The Brain Tumour Charity
Thank you so much to anyone who gets involved, for your donations and all of your support. It means the world to me and to many others like me, who are suffering.
Aimee xxx
February 2014 my life was turned upside down. I'll never forget those words "just one of those things" and "bad luck". In fact I always find myself back at that moment. The moment my life stood still. As a 'fitness freak', someone who's main interest is health and fitness the last thing I expected to hear at 25 was that I have a brain tumour.
As most people who find this page will know, I have been diagnosed with a low grade glioma; a brain tumour. Although not cancerous (yet) there is no cure.
Being given an 'average life expectancy' certainly puts life into perspective. It's breaks my heart that I may never have a family, make my parents grandparents, get my first house or even own the mini I had dreamt of for so long and saved so hard for. Watching all my friends get engaged, married, have babies, buy houses and do all of those things we should be doing at our ages makes my heart burst with joy for them, but breaks it more and more inside too.I want to raise as much money as possible for The Brain Tumour Charity in hope to raise awareness of this devastating disease, with hope that with your help maybe one day a cure can be found.
I've set this page up simply because for my birthday I was asked what I wanted and I couldn't think of anything I want more desperately than to stop anyone else having to go through what my family and I are facing. I have had a few donations made on my behalf and a friend ran a half marathon on my behalf who raised an amazing £295.
I've decided to set up my own page as a hub for all future fundraising. My amazing friends and I will be carrying out a number of fundraising events for this amazing charity in the months and years to come.Thank you so much to anyone who gets involved, for your donations and all of your support. It means the world to me and to many others like me, who are suffering.
Aimee xxx