Keynsham Cricket Club coffee morning

My Story

Our Story Daniel wrote this story in February 2023 and then updated it in November 2024. Unfortunately, Daniel's Chemo treatment stopped working in March 2025 and a different chemo regime failed to have much impact on his cancer progression. In May 2025 Daniel was placed under the care of the Palliative Care Team from Birmingham Hospice. His Palliative Care Nurse Specialist was an 'angel in disguise' and she helped enable him and Abbie, and their dog Arlo, to spend precious time together and make new memories. Daniel died at Birmingham Hospice on 11th September 2025, at the age of 27, surrounded by Abbie and his close family and friends. We will carry on fundraising for CRUK in Daniel's name. Daniel wanted the money raised to help fund research, so that in the future people diagnosed with Stage 4 Bowel Cancer like him, might receive a more positive prognosis than he did. My Story, Thank you for visiting my Fundraising Page. The money I raise will help fund life saving research and bring forward the day when all cancers are cured. I was diagnosed with bowel cancer aged 24, in November 2022, after having symptoms for just two weeks. My diagnosis and prognosis have been a complete shock to me, my family and friends. I have really appreciated all the support and treatment that I have received from the staff at the Cancer Centre, the Oncology Treatment Suite and the Colorectal Cancer Services team at the Q.E.Hospital in Birmingham. I appreciate how important up-to-date research is in helping increase treatment options for people, like me, who are currently undergoing chemotherapy. I have chosen Cancer Research UK as the charity I would like to raise money for because the research they fund is crucial in the search for new treatment options, early diagnosis and hopefully cures for all cancers. Since my diagnosis I have had 35 rounds of chemo and 2 major operations to remove tumours in my liver and bowel. I recently restarted chemo. A large number of fundraising events have been organised by my family and friends since February 2023. We are now holding events for the 3rd year in a row. Hopefully we will get as much support for the CRUK KCC Coffee morning on Friday 24th April we did last year!