Julie's Giving Page

My Story

1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Every single pound you donate makes a difference to Cancer Research UK’s ground breaking work. Donate to my Giving Page today and help bring forward the day when all cancers are cured. In 2024 I became one of those people, out of the blue I suddenly found out that I had bowel cancer and needed surgery to remove a tumour followed by chemotherapy to mop up any remaining cancer cells. It was a total shock and a very scary time but all the medical teams at RCH Treliske in Truro were amazing and got me through it. I've learned that cancer treatments have improved so much in recent years and the outcomes for so many types of cancer are so much better than they used to be. There is still a long way to go though and that's why Cancer Research needs all the funding it can get so that one day cancer will not be an illness that everyone is terrified of. No one is ever told that they are 'cured' from cancer but I've just had my one year scans and everything is normal so I'm feeling hopeful. I've decided to do this walk to try and give a little bit back to all the people who have helped me and for anyone who will get a cancer diagnosis in the future.