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I am running the London Marathon to raise money for Sarcoma UK. 

My partner’s cousin Laura was originally diagnosed in May 2021 with a mixoyd-liposarcoma in her left posterior thigh. Her daughter Ivy was only 3.5 months old at the time. She underwent 5 weeks of intense radiotherapy and then surgery to have the cancerous lump removed. During the surgery, Laura unfortunately had 2/3rds of her hamstring removed. She then started physio to regain strength and stretch the muscles again; so she could try and get back to her normality of teaching dance. She was kept on surveillance for the next 10 years - where she would have a chest x-ray every 3 months for the first 2 years, every 6 months between 2-5 years and once a year after 5 years.

In January 2022 Laura, Chris (Laura’s husband) and Ivy all caught COVID, and not long after Laura started to get aches and pains in her left shoulder and lower back, and it was getting put down to long COVID. She had her chest x-ray in late Feb and this came back all clear. After many months of pain and phone appointments with the doctors; she finally got another chest scan done to confirm if it was Long Covid, as it would affect the lungs. In March she had this scan, and it showed that there was a couple of nodules on her lungs; she was then sent for a CT scan on her chest and also her abdomen to check the main body area's. These scans confirmed that unfortunately the cancer had returned and it had spread both to her lungs and in sections of her spine.
They told her that the cancer is incurable.

Laura underwent multiple rounds of chemotherapy and some radiotherapy too but unfortunately that was stopped when she developed a bleed on her pelvis as there were no further options available for her, as any more could do more harm than good. She was then put on 'end of life care' to manage the pain and allow her to be comfortable. 

So, she decided on living her life to the fullest and creating as many special memories as she could with Ivy, Chris and her amazing family. When being put onto end of life, she was given a few short weeks to live, Laura as always wouldn’t accept this and almost managed 8 weeks. She passed being cuddled by Chris and surrounded by family. 

She has left a huge void in our lives. 

Sarcoma UK need to continue to carry out vital research so that people like Laura have a better chance of a 'curable' diagnosis; and more treatments become available for them. By supporting me, we can help change this. 

Thank you for your support.