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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On Sunday 3<sup>rd</sup> July 2011 I will be taking part in Blackheath’s 10km Race for Life to raise money for Cancer Research UK.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Laila, my daughter (who will be 11 months old in July), is joining me and plans to complete the route from the comfort of her pram!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We are joining Race for Life to celebrate my Little Mum, who most of you know was diagnosed with Oesophageal<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cancer in February 2010.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thankfully Mum was given the all clear in August 2010 after fighting her way through an aggressive treatment regime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is still battling the after effects of the harsh chemo-radiation she received and is left with difficulties swallowing food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She continues to face physical and mental challenges caused by her cancer on a daily basis.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I will be joined by my good friend Amelia and her son Ethan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ethan will be 10 months old in July and is also taking part in his pram.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ethan’s Dad, Brendan, died in the last days of 2010 following the return of his leukaemia and sudden complications.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We remember Brendan dearly during this event, as always.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Please sponsor us to help Cancer Research UK’s on going work to improve the survival rate of those diagnosed with cancer, further research in to more successful and kinder cancer drugs, and eventually, to find a cure for the disease in all its forms.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lisa & Laila</span></span></p>