My dad was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (CML) in December 2000 at only 38 years of age. 

He was fortunate enough to receive exceptional care from the staff at Belfast City Hospital and under Professor McMullin, was put on trial of a new chemotherapy drug at the time, which he continues to take to this day. Thanks to this drug, he is still around today and lives an almost normal life - apart from a few side effects!

I took up running in January 2019 with help from the 'Couch to 5k' and continued on throughout the year, eventually participating Belfast City Marathon as part of a relay team. I joked at the time that I would complete the full 26.2 miles myself next year, but as my fitness improved and I kept the running up, it's become a reality!

I am hoping to raise as much money as possible for Leukaemia and Lympoma NI. 

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Leukaemia & Lymphoma NI has been funding research into blood cancers such as leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma for over 50 years with the aim of finding better methods of detection and treatment that will improve the quality of life and overall outcome for patients.

Based at the Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology (CCRCB) at Queens University Belfast, the charity funds laboratory research, clinical support and education. Their team of scientists are experts in their field, working with centres all over the world they make sure that they are funding the most worthwhile research to have a global impact and irradicate blood cancer for patients in Northern Ireland and beyond.

They are the only charity in Northern Ireland dedicated to fighting these diseases and all funds raised remain here to support local projects.

More on Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia: 
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/chronic-myeloid-leukaemia

More on Leukaemia & Lymphoma NI:

http://www.leukaemiaandlymphomani.org/about

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