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LESLEY LAUDERMY HERO IS MY SON ROSS, DIAGNOSED WITH ORBITAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA AT 18 MONTHS AND STILL BATTLING TREATMENT SIDE EFFECTS. LAST MONTH HE STARTED SCHOOL - A DAY WE THOUGHT WE WOULD NEVER SEE :)

JO DAWSONMY DAD IS MY HERO. HE LOST HIS FIGHT AGAINST CANCER ON 19/12/10 BUT LIVED HIS LAST 12 MONTHS AFTER DIAGNOSIS AS HE LIVED HIS LIFE - WITH A SMILE AND A LAUGH NEVER FAR AWAY #COLLECTIVEFORCE


MARINA RITCHIEMY SON STEVEN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH HEPATOBLASTOMA AT 16 MONTHS OLD. HE HAD LOADS OF CHEMO AND ENDED UP HAVING A LIVER TRANSPLANT AT 20 MONTHS. ALWAYS HAPPY AND DESPITE BEING LEFT WITH HIGH PITCH HEARING LOSS HE LOVES MUSIC AND PLAYS SIDE DRUM IN OUR LOCAL PIPE BAND. #COLLECTIVEFORCE


LYNETTE LUPARELLOMY MUM WHO SHOWED GREAT STRENGTH AND COURAGE WHILST FIGHTING THIS HORRIBLE DISEASE. SADLY THE DISEASE WON. MISSING HER EVERY DAY XXX


ALAN PEDLEYMY DAD ERIC PEDLEY IS MY HERO. HE SADLY LOST HIS BATTLE WITH CANCER IN MARCH 2011. MY WIFE MARIA PEDLEY & I DO LOT'S OF FUNDRAISING FOR CANCER RESEARCH UK IN HIS MEMORY XXX


RUTH KILCULLENOUR MUM. THE MOST WONDERFUL WOMAN.


TANIA LEVYTHIS IS PROF JUSTIN STEBBING WHO HAS MANAGED TO KEEP MY HUSBAND HERE AGAINST ALL THE ODDS AND SAVED MY FATHER'S LIFE TOO! HE IS THE MOST AMAZING PERSON YOU COULD EVER MEET. HE IS DEDICATED AND CARING AND IS ACTIVELY SEEKING A CURE FOR THIS DAMNED HORRIBLE ILLNESS.


EMMA WOODALLMY GRANDAD TAKEN FROM ♥

US 9 YEARS AGO BY CANCER. HE WAS SUCH A CHARACTER AND WE ALL MISS HIM SO MUCH. HE’S 1 OF THE REASONS WE HAVE BEEN RAISING MONEY 4 CANCER RESEARCH. I CAN STILL HEAR HIS CHEEKY LAUGH. ♥


SARAH CAPPERMY LOVELY DAD, DOUG, IS MY HERO. A STRONG BRAVE LOVELY MAN, I AM HONORED BE HIS DAUGHTER. ITS BEEN OVER 5 YEARS SINCE SEEN I HAVE SEEN HIS SMILE AND HEARD HIS LAUGHTER.


BARBIE TALLOWINMY SON MADDOX IS MY HERO. IN YEAR 3 OF CHEMO FOR A.L.L AND EVERYDAY HE IS FULL OF LIFE AND SMILES. MY BRAVE 5 YEAR OLD! ♥XXXX


PATRICIA ROLSTONMY SISTER DEBBIE RACED FOR LIFE PUSHING MY DAUGHTER LYNDSEY IN MEMORY OF MY LATE HUSBAND KEITH, WHO LOST HIS BATTLE WITH CANCER 9 YEARS AGO. MY HEROES AND MAZZ WHO RAN WITH THEM.


JANE BERESFORDEMY HUSBAND, FIGHTING STAGE FOUR OESOPHAGEAL CANCER ♥


SARAH N ANDREW LUTY


TRACY SHAVETHIS IS FOR MY AUNT, MY BOYFRIENDS SISTER AND ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE FIGHTING CANCER. X X X


JOANNA BALDWINMY GORGEOUS HUSBAND SEAN BALDWIN - MY HERO. RAN THE LONDON MARATHON FOR BREAST CANCER CAMPAIGN, HE RAISED £2,500 AND FINISHED IN 3:47:07 - TOTES AMAZING!! :0) X


SUE ROOKEMY FATHER-IN-LAW, JACK WHO IS 86 WAS DIAGNOSED WITH COLON CANCER IN JUNE 2012, THE OPERATION TO REMOVE THE TUMOUR WAS PERFORMED WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND NOW, IN SEPTEMBER, HE IS FULLY RECOVERED AND, AS HE SAYS, "GETTING ON WITH HIS LIFE"


JO MCGUINNESSMY NEPHEW CALUM BLAIR(ON THE LEFT), IN REMISSION FROM KIDNEY CANCER, LOVE HIM AND HIS BROTHER EUAN TO BITS. X


ALYSHA DAVIES


SANDRA MURRAYMY SISTER, MY HERO XXX


ELIZABETH NORWOOD CLARK

MY SISTER HELEN IS MY HERO. SHE HAD BOWEL CANCER FOR TWO YEARS AND PASSED AWAY A YEAR AGO AT AGE 53, BUT DURING THAT TIME SHE PUT HER SKILLS TO GOOD USE AND KNITTED BEARS FOR CHARITY. I AM NOW FOLLOWING IN HER FOOTSTEPS BY MAKING DOLLS, BEARS AND OTHER HANDMADE STUFF TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CANCER RESEARCH UK. IT HAS BEEN A HUGE LEARNING PROCESS FOR ME BUT IT'S A WAY FOR ME TO FEEL CLOSER TO MY SISTER. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SHOW SUPPORT ON MY LEARNING AND FUNDRAISING JOURNEY, I'D BE GRATEFUL. XXXHTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BIGLITTLEBIRD


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MARIE LEEDHAMMY DAD, MY HERO ♥DIAGNOSED WITH COLORECTAL CANCER AGED 65 AND PASSED AWAY JUST 3 MONTHS LATER. TOO YOUNG AND TOO SOON. MISS HIM LOADS XX#COLLECTIVEFORCE.


CHAZ THOMPSONMY HERO, MY PARTNER, FATHER TO MY DAUGHTER, STEP FATHER TO MY SON, AND THE MAN I WILL MARRY. DIAGNOSED WITH TESTICULAR CANCER 6 YEARS AGO, RETURNED THIS YEAR IN HIS LYMPH NODES. JUST FINISHED 3 MONTHS OF CHEMOTHERAPY. NOT ALL CLEAR YET BUT GETTING BETTER EVERYDAY. HE IS THE BRAVEST MAN I KNOW. I LOVE HIM TO BITS AND AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF HIM.


SUE STRICKLANDMY SON IS MY HERO- HE HAS SUPPORTED ME THROUGH MY BREAST CANCER TREATMENT THIS YEAR AND GAVE ME SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR- I SAW HIM GRADUATE AND IT WAS THE PROUDEST DAY OF MY LIFE!


UNA GALLACHERMY HERO IS MY LATE HUSBAND KEN. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A GRADE 4 BRAIN TUMOUR JUST BEFORE HIS 65TH BIRTHDAY IN FEBRUARY. HE DIED JUST 5 MONTHS LATER IN JULY. HE LIVED THAT TIME TO THE FULL WITH GREAT DIGNITY AND KEPT A SENSE OF HUMOUR THROUGHOUT. I MISS HIM.


GIGGLE GALOREMY MUM, ALTHOUGH SADLY NO LONGER WITH US, IS AND ALWAYS BE MY HERO...


HEATHER TAYLOR


SAMANTHA CROSSMY NAN, MY HERO XX


PAMELA NEWMANMY DAD, MY HERO, MY ROCK… I MISS HIM SO MUCH


CLAIR HARTLEY TALBOTTO BE INSPIRED IS GREAT, TO INSPIRE IS INCREDIBLE. LOVE YOU MUM, MISS YOU EVERY DAY X X


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