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Claire Jones

The Big Marsden Trek

Help me reach my goal of £1,250

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I'm taking part in The Big Marsden Trek

I’m supporting The Royal Marsden, a world-leading cancer centre. By donating to my page, their nurses, doctors, and research teams can provide the very best care and develop life-saving treatments. Together, we can save the lives of cancer patients everywhere. Please support me today.

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£1,250

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My Achievements

Received First Donation

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Reached Fitness Target

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Received 10 Donations

Received 5 Donations

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Our story so far...

Thursday 13th Aug

In June 2022, while pregnant with my second child at 35, I was diagnosed with angiosarcoma, which generally ranks highly in the "cancers you'd rather not have" category.

At the time, my daughter was 18 months old and my son was days away from his (slightly early) arrival.

 

Like most people, I'd never heard of angiosarcoma. I'd initially been told the lump was probably pregnancy-related, but because it’s so rare I was referred to The Royal Marsden for specialist expertise and confirmation of the diagnosis, as everyone was a bit perplexed (“are you SURE you’ve never had radiotherapy???!”). Since then, I've had quite a few more recurrences and surgeries than originally envisaged, radiotherapy and more scans/biopsies/etc than I can remember. Each time we've got rid of it, the cancer has unfortunately shown an annoying tendency to pop up again or reappear somewhere else. 

 

Throughout all of that, The Royal Marsden has been brilliant. They are one of the leading centres in the world for sarcoma treatment, and I've always had confidence that I'm getting the best care available. They've repeatedly picked up sneaky recurrences, and somehow managed to remain reassuring without ever being patronising. My surgeon is apparently enough of a celebrity to have appeared on Channel 4's Super Surgeons. The Royal Marsden is where Princess Kate was treated. I get heated blankets after surgery. It’s in Chelsea. I prefer to think this means I have access to a kind of exceptionally posh cancer-related spa.

 

My children are now five-and-a-half and four. A lot of what has happened over the last few years has been fairly rubbish, but thanks to the care I've received I've been able to carry on making memories with them, which is more important to me than pretty much anything.

 

I'm currently NED (no evidence of disease) and, having made fairly extensive use of The Royal Marsden's services over the past four years (with more of the same expected), I feel it is only fair that I attempt to contribute something back. My chosen contribution is to walk a long distance – with almost no training and pretty abysmal fitness levels - and persuade other people to give money. I will therefore be dragging myself over 26.2 punishing miles of the Surrey countryside on 13 Sep in an attempt to do something helpful. If you'd like to sponsor me, I'd be hugely grateful. 

Thank you to my Sponsors

£100

Lorna And Allen

You are amazing.

£100

Vicki Buckingham

Great initiative. I hope you have some good blister patches and a chilled glass of your favourite tipple lined up for the finish line.

£100

Caroline Sargeant

Don’t forget to have a couple of pints at the end :D

£100

Anonymous

£100

Mum

Another reason to be proud of you my brave Claire ❤️ Or did you just need a new t shirt? 😊

£100

Aunty Margie

Good luck on Sunday Claire! With lots of love from Aunty Margie xxx

£100

Karen & Luke

Such an amazing thing to do - good luck! You are fab. Lots of love xxx

£75

Mike & Jade

Best of Luck. X x

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Henry Volans

£50

Aunty Kathryn And Uncle Les

Best of luck with your trek Claire, sure you'll do it! Lots of love xx

£50

Emma Bates

Love from all of us xx

£50

Elizabeth Frain

Good luck and so proud of you! Hope they’ll be plenty of pints waiting for you at the end

£50

Carol And Dave

Good luck with the walk Claire.

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Grace Pickford

This is amazing Claire

£50

Nicola Di Luzio

Good luck Claire - and may you stay with NED!!

£50

Henry, Catherine, Louis & Marion

All the best! Enjoy the countryside!!

£50

Ed & Sophie

All the best with your walk! Cheering you on!

£50

Anonymous

£50

Laura, Chris & Co

Go Claire! May the weather be optimal, your shoes be comfy and the miles feel short. Lots of love from us all xxxxx

£50

Gareth & Mel Xxxx

Good luck Claire! We will be thinking of you every step of the way, all 26 miles of them! xxxx

£50

Rich Pearman

Good luck Claire! All our love, from Rich, Lindsey, Ali & Gresty x x x

£50

Kirsty & Brendan

Good luck Claire! Hope there are many beers waiting for you at the finish line. Kirsty, Brendan, Bobby and Cleo xxxx

£50

Claire Jones

£50

Hope Beresford

Good luck!! I hear there's a few decent pubs in Surrey if you get lost along the way...

£50

Jen Horton

£50

June Coleman

Good luck Clare! Lots of love ❤️xx

£35

Eleanor Johnson

Wishing you all the best Claire, all my love xxxxx

£35

Ryan And Christine

Good luck!

£35

Matt Morris

Glad you're doing ok at the moment. Good luck with the marathon distance!

£35

Luke T

£30

Nick Dean

Good luck and all the very best, Claire

£25

Dan Edwards

Enjoy the yomp!

£25

Molly Hawkins

Good luck Claire!!!

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C

Here's to you, your children and anyone who walks down the same path Claire - thank you.

£20

Katherine W

I didn’t think anything was more fire than your Teams chat game but apparently there is - fighting cancer while raising 2 small children. Blows my mind. Lots of love and solidarity xxx

£20

Bradley Willis

Proud of you for doing this, shows real resilience. You got this!

£20

Danielle De Feo

£20

Jenny

£20

Anonymous

£20

Andrew Morris

Fantastic cause - clearly wonderful support they have given you and your family, Claire. All the best for the walk!

£20

Lorel Scriven

Good luck!! I think you are amazingly impressive, not just for this but also the way you handle everything generally and manage everything!!

£20

Nick Monkhouse

Good luck Claire!

£20

Anonymous

£20

Michael Howard

Best of luck Claire!

£15

Jonathan Van Der Valk

Wishing you all the best - good luck with the walk!

£10

Sadie Cole

Best of luck with the challenge, Claire! Your resilience and strength is very inspiring x

£10

Patrick H

Very well done, Claire - impressive effort!

£10

Emma

Wishing you the very best for the trek, Claire! An inspiring cause and a very worthy challenge. Good luck!!

£10

Charlotte O'connor

£10

Anonymous

£10

Nick Hackett

Good luck!

£10

Stuart Connick

Good luck Claire!

£10

Emily Jayne Peters

£10

Leon

£10

Emily Alexander

£10

Cathy

Colleague of your proud big sister. I'm sorry it couldn't be more money, but wish you all the very best.

£10

Liza Pacarada

DSIT women's network

£10

Robbie Fay

All the best Claire :)

£10

Warren

Hi Claire, I am so sorry to hear about your condition and please G-d just wish you and your family the very best! Wishing you lots of love, Warren

£10

Hannah

£10

Daniel Lee

Good luck, Claire!

£10

Luke Humphrey

£5

Jake Barness

BEST OF LUCK ON THE HIKE!!!

£5

Katie O'neill

£5

Anonymous

£5

Anonymous