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A cure for my beautiful friend Nick
For some of you who know Nick well, you'll know that she will be mortified at the thought of having people worry about her. After many discussions with her about why I want to do this, she has allowed me to go ahead with it. I have assured her that this is a way for people to show they care and to help a family who have an extremely tough year ahead of them.
If I could have a pound for the amount of times I have heard people say 'Nichola.. She is the loveliest and sweetest girl ever' I would be extremely rich. I don't think there has ever been a person who has met her who hasn't felt the warm and caring vibe she gives off. Nick has had this special way with people for as long as I can remember from when we met at seven years old. She was a shy and modest girl but never failed to make people feel at ease in her company. Everyone who knows Nick can't help but comment on how down to earth and selfless she is so I think it's time to show her how much we all love her.
Some of you will be aware and some may not, that eight years ago Nick was diagnosed with the skin cancer melanoma. The mole which was in her hairline had turned black and before travelling to oz with her boyfriend and future husband Sanj, decided to get it checked out. With luck, the melanoma had not spread to her lymph nodes and she escaped with a removal of the mole and a skin graph (she was offered a hair transplant but with many of you who know nick and how vain she is not, she politely declined!).
With quarterly check ups in the following years, It seemed that the melanoma was at bay and she'd had a good recovery with no return from this horrid disease.
Travelling Australia, becoming a successful midwife, Marrying her love Sanj, having two beautiful children Max and Effy, and moving back to Thanet for a life by the sea, all seemed great.
As much as nick loves to play things down and never wants to worry anyone who cares about her, the devastating fact is the that nicks melanoma is back after finding a lump in her jawline in February of this year. More devastatingly, is that when this was operated on, the surgeons found that it had spread down to her shoulder and she had a huge amount of cells infected with melanoma. Out of 120, 65 of them were infected. Her tissue was sent off to Marsden hospital in London to be examined and with a very quick response from a specialist, she is now in line for a trial of chemo drugs hoping to start in May 2015.
These drugs have only ever been used to treat other cancers but not melanoma. This is a new trial of these drugs for this type of cancer and nick will be going up to London every week for a whole day of treatment. She will be treated with these drugs for the next year to try and clear this horrendous disease. Along with this, comes the emotional, physical and financial stresses of life that everyone deals with but with weekly trips to and from London, being a mother to a one year old and a four year old and a year away from work we can only imagine how hard it is going to be for all of the family.
Nick is surrounded with such love and support from her close friends and family and although we can't take away the emotional and physical stresses that she will be going through, we can help with the financial side to relieve some of this stress.
We can also spread the word to create more awareness about Melanoma and how dangerous it is for ourselves and our children to be out in the sun unprotected.
Nick has never been a sunbather. She has always been extremely cautious by looking after her skin with a high factor sun cream and always wore a hat but sometimes this just isn't enough. With that, you can imagine how dangerous it is for people that go out without any protection against the sun.
Melanoma is relatively rare but with 13,000 new cases diagnosed every year just in the Uk and being the biggest killer of women aged 29-39 it is on the rise. Melanoma is one of the most common cancers in people aged 15-34 and more than a third of cases occur in people aged under 55. Children need to be protected from the sun as this type of cancer is massively increased if they get sun burnt as a child.
On Saturday 1st August 2015 starting at 6pm anyone is welcome to join in with the 'Night run for Nick'. The run (or walk at your desired pace) will start at the Digby in kingsgate and will finish at the bandstand in Broadstairs where we will have some grub and beverages.
Please don't feel that you need to take part in the run to donate on this page, or even know Nick to take part in this event. EVERYONE is welcome to sponsor, take part, or meet us Sweaty Bettys back at the bandstand.
Please sponsor and help Nick and her family with the difficult year ahead as well as raise awareness of melanoma.
Let's all raise awareness of this type of cancer by spreading the word, sharing this page and doing something for Nick to show her how proud we all are of her! We love you Nick!
For some of you who know Nick well, you'll know that she will be mortified at the thought of having people worry about her. After many discussions with her about why I want to do this, she has allowed me to go ahead with it. I have assured her that this is a way for people to show they care and to help a family who have an extremely tough year ahead of them.
If I could have a pound for the amount of times I have heard people say 'Nichola.. She is the loveliest and sweetest girl ever' I would be extremely rich. I don't think there has ever been a person who has met her who hasn't felt the warm and caring vibe she gives off. Nick has had this special way with people for as long as I can remember from when we met at seven years old. She was a shy and modest girl but never failed to make people feel at ease in her company. Everyone who knows Nick can't help but comment on how down to earth and selfless she is so I think it's time to show her how much we all love her.
Some of you will be aware and some may not, that eight years ago Nick was diagnosed with the skin cancer melanoma. The mole which was in her hairline had turned black and before travelling to oz with her boyfriend and future husband Sanj, decided to get it checked out. With luck, the melanoma had not spread to her lymph nodes and she escaped with a removal of the mole and a skin graph (she was offered a hair transplant but with many of you who know nick and how vain she is not, she politely declined!).
With quarterly check ups in the following years, It seemed that the melanoma was at bay and she'd had a good recovery with no return from this horrid disease.
Travelling Australia, becoming a successful midwife, Marrying her love Sanj, having two beautiful children Max and Effy, and moving back to Thanet for a life by the sea, all seemed great.
As much as nick loves to play things down and never wants to worry anyone who cares about her, the devastating fact is the that nicks melanoma is back after finding a lump in her jawline in February of this year. More devastatingly, is that when this was operated on, the surgeons found that it had spread down to her shoulder and she had a huge amount of cells infected with melanoma. Out of 120, 65 of them were infected. Her tissue was sent off to Marsden hospital in London to be examined and with a very quick response from a specialist, she is now in line for a trial of chemo drugs hoping to start in May 2015.
These drugs have only ever been used to treat other cancers but not melanoma. This is a new trial of these drugs for this type of cancer and nick will be going up to London every week for a whole day of treatment. She will be treated with these drugs for the next year to try and clear this horrendous disease. Along with this, comes the emotional, physical and financial stresses of life that everyone deals with but with weekly trips to and from London, being a mother to a one year old and a four year old and a year away from work we can only imagine how hard it is going to be for all of the family.
Nick is surrounded with such love and support from her close friends and family and although we can't take away the emotional and physical stresses that she will be going through, we can help with the financial side to relieve some of this stress.
We can also spread the word to create more awareness about Melanoma and how dangerous it is for ourselves and our children to be out in the sun unprotected.
Nick has never been a sunbather. She has always been extremely cautious by looking after her skin with a high factor sun cream and always wore a hat but sometimes this just isn't enough. With that, you can imagine how dangerous it is for people that go out without any protection against the sun.
Melanoma is relatively rare but with 13,000 new cases diagnosed every year just in the Uk and being the biggest killer of women aged 29-39 it is on the rise. Melanoma is one of the most common cancers in people aged 15-34 and more than a third of cases occur in people aged under 55. Children need to be protected from the sun as this type of cancer is massively increased if they get sun burnt as a child.
On Saturday 1st August 2015 starting at 6pm anyone is welcome to join in with the 'Night run for Nick'. The run (or walk at your desired pace) will start at the Digby in kingsgate and will finish at the bandstand in Broadstairs where we will have some grub and beverages.
Please don't feel that you need to take part in the run to donate on this page, or even know Nick to take part in this event. EVERYONE is welcome to sponsor, take part, or meet us Sweaty Bettys back at the bandstand.
Please sponsor and help Nick and her family with the difficult year ahead as well as raise awareness of melanoma.
Let's all raise awareness of this type of cancer by spreading the word, sharing this page and doing something for Nick to show her how proud we all are of her! We love you Nick!
Organizer
Holly Jones
Organizer