Judith Capper
Beating cancer, one mile at a time
Total raised
£4,220.00
+ £728.00 Gift Aid
£25Kitting out our labs
£50Unravelling mysteries
£100Spotting cancer earlier
£150Making diagnosis kinder
£200Understanding errors in DNA
£300Finding cancer's weakness
£500Providing cancer support
£1,000Hunting innovations
£2,500Delivering treatments
Newbury 5k 2019
Sun 30 Jun 2019 - Sun 30 Jun 2019
After 16 years of cancer-free happiness, I’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer again. I’m aiming to walk every day of my chemo: 128 days, 128 walks, 500 miles and 1.5 million steps.
My Story
I was first diagnosed with breast cancer aged 25. Last October, sixteen years later, I had my annual mammogram and it came back with a cancer diagnosis. Since then I’ve had a bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction and, thanks to three aggressive and fast-growing tumours, have just started six cycles of chemotherapy. Running usually keeps me (relatively) sane, but chemo treatment means I have a tube running from my chest into my heart veins, so I’m not allowed to run until the treatment is finished. So, if I can’t run, I’ll walk to beat cancer. Six cycles of chemo lasts for 128 days. That’s 128 walks and a target of 1.5 million steps. I can’t think of anything better than having a world where my daughter and nieces can grow up knowing that cancer is treatable and curable. Please help make that happen.
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