Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page, and for coming to celebrate Jim's birthday.

In July 2009 Jim was diagnosed with Medullary Thyroid Cancer.

It has been a difficult 3 years, but we are delighted to be able to celebrate Jim's 60th Birthday.

The reason we are able to celebrate is due to the combined skill of Mr Peter Clarke, a London ENT surgeon, and Dr B Yap. 

Dr Yap is an Oncologist at Christies, who was able to treat Jim with an intensive course of IMRT.  Dr Yap is leading phase 3 clinical trials into a drug that may be helpful in the management of Medullary Thyroid Cancer.

Jim is currently classed as stable. We are aware that at present Jim's cancer is incurrable and that the 10 year survival rate is 30%.

As a result of our many visits to Christies we know that the money raised by charitable donations is used for groundbreaking treatments, medicines and support.  The Christie offers patients a ray of hope.

If you would like to make a donatation to The Christie Charitable Fund we know that it would be well used to help cancer patients manage the different stages of their illness.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.