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I was diagnosed with kidney cancer on April 14th 2020, a CT scan showed a 7.5cm tumour taking over practically the whole lower 2/3rds of my left kidney and a prognosis of it being 95% likely that it was cancerous. The tumour and entire kidney was removed by radical laparoscopic nephrectomy on May 29th at Kingston Hospital, by which time it was measured at 9cm. Pathology results showed that it was indeed cancerous and was graded at PT3a grade 3, with some grade 4 cells. This means that although it was all hopefully removed during the surgery there is a chance that it could return elsewhere so regular scans will be required for many years. Fingers crossed those scans never show anything anywhere it shouldn't be!! My first scan post op in August 2020 was clear so that was great news!

Our 15 year old daughter Evie couldn't decide whether she would have her hair cut short again or whether to grow it long again after the coronavirus lockdown. Both options were decided upon at one point or another. But dad Lee saw the Macmillan brave the shave advert and suggested it to Evie, so after much to-ing and fro-ing and yes-ing and no-ing she agreed to do it, for Kidney Cancer UK! So once we reached £250 of our initial target Lee shaved Evie's head whilst I videod and photographed it and posted it to our Facebook pages 😲🤣🥰 Then I somehow decided that if we reached £1,000 I'd let Lee shave my head too! Unbelievably we quickly reached that, I didn't expect to so soon, so then I got a very cold shaved head too 🥶😂 But we don't want to stop there so please keep the donations coming! 

Thank you so much for your support and donations, KCUK will really appreciate it. Being a rarer form of cancer they need all the fundraising they can get, to help pay for counsellors and research and campaigning and so many other things.

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