Jasma's Giving Page

This might be a bizarre way to start my story but bear with me.... My Cancer journey has been one of many happy coincidences. When I was first taken into hospital a junior doctor said that I wasn't sounding healthy, so he got me to have a chest X-ray. That X-ray saved my life! That evening, while they were still finding out what was wrong with me, another doctor (who I would go on to meet at the very end of my cancer journey) asked me to take a few simple (urine) tests and he was 99% confident of what I had. I was rushed off the following day to a centre of excellence at Charing Cross Hospital (and just superb staff and consultants) and there I was diagnosed with cancer of the womb which had completely infiltrated my lungs, penetrated brain and camped out in my liver, I didn't acknowledge quite was being said to at the time or the understand the real magnitude of the cancer. I was much closer to my maker than I realised! And within an hour I was connected up to THAT pump administering chemo drugs. I was told I would be in hospital for up to 2 weeks. 9 weeks later I was finally allowed out of the hospital for a 2 hour visit to see my home, my husband and sons. My journey was made all the more bearable by my truly amazing friends and family and through social media, we kept in touch and somehow managed to get through the wretched journey. But as I said, my journey was one of many happy coincidences. The huge levels of toxic chemo left me with severe neuropathy which meant that walking just a few feet was impossible. Luckily for me, I was granted revolutionary Immunotheraphy drugs and after 15 cycles,I was declared cancer free. I have since been building my strength and from not being able to walk at all only 20 months ago, I managed to walk 15k in March 2018. I'm still up and down with my walking but I never ever want to give up. I have believed and will always believe that if you want to, you can. We humans are far more resilient than we believe. Now, with my family and friends, we are going to walk half a marathon on 22nd September 2018. Please support us and whatever you can give, it will go to the cause. Without the work that's done through research I would NOT have benefited from the life saving Immunotherapy drugs. Thank you to everyone joining me in the walk and to you for reading this story! THANK YOU! Each year Cancer Research UK’s scientists get closer to beating cancer, and they’ve helped double survival rates in the last 40 years. But we can’t stop there. Only with our continued support can they turn this research into breakthroughs that save millions of lives. Every single pound you donate makes a difference to Cancer Research UK’s groundbreaking work, so please sponsor me now. Donating through this page is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with Cancer Research UK.