We are going to be running The London Marathon 2022 in memory of our beautiful daughter Daisy Claire Strange. 

"One smile can't change the world, but her smile changed ours"

15th February 1995-11th April 2020

A message from us: 

Adrian and I don’t particularly enjoy running but we are training hard to run the London Marathon in memory of our beautiful daughter Daisy and in aid of the Royal Marsden. All donations raised will go directly towards the Head & Neck Cancer research fund and the TYA unit that looked after Daisy with such compassion.

Daisy passed away on April 11^th 2020. We would love you to read her story, following the link below.

Daisy's story along with photos, songs, videos and everything Daisy can be found on this link <3 

https://daisy-doo-day.webflow.io

By the time Daisy's cancer was diagnosed, Daisy’s only hope was a major surgery, both terrifying and life changing for her. It meant removing her tongue and rebuilding a new one with muscle from her thigh. The surgery took 16 hours and involved a team of specialist surgeons. For Daisy, who had an amazing singing voice, was a brilliant teacher, loved her food, and had an incredible laugh, the surgery meant none of these things would be possible for her again. 

Despite this trauma Daisy was incredibly grateful to the team at the Royal Marsden for their love, care and support. She knew the surgery and after-care was expensive, Daisy guessed in the region of £200,000 and wanted desperately to repay as much of the costs as possible. This is one of the main reasons we are fundraising for Daisy, we have to raise as much money as possible in memory of our beautiful daughter, who even though she was going through hell she still wanted to help people and give back.

So, shortly after the surgery when we were all hopeful of a full recovery, Daisy planned to start fund raising. She focused on getting well enough to be able to run the London Marathon in aid of The Royal Marsden charity and asked myself and Adrian to run alongside. Daisy was a talented sportswoman, prior to her illness she represented the county at several sports and played hockey to national league level. Naturally, she wanted to get fit again and continue the sport and hobbies she loved. Heartbreakingly, Daisy never had this chance, the operation wasn't successful and the cancer had spread. She died 6 months later.

Running a marathon is daunting but Adrian and I want to do it for Daisy and so of course we signed up for London’s 2021 Marathon. Upsettingly, 10 months after we lost Daisy, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent surgery, chemo and radiotherapy. It’s been traumatic but happily I have been given the all-clear.

Our training is now back on-track, so we will now be running The London Marathon this October 2022. It is going to be a tough run but we know with everyones support around us, the love we have from friends and family and Daisy looking down on us telling us to keep going we will get through it. 

We miss Daisy every second of every day, but we are eternally grateful to the Royal Marsden for trying so hard to save our beautiful daughter and more latterly for overseeing my cancer care.

We would like to raise as much money as we can to help Daisy fulfil her wish in giving back and helping others. 

If you are able to make a donation however big or small it would be so greatly appreciated.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, 

Love Adrian & Diana xx

#doitfordaisy