Ella Cromack’s 24 hour Kick-athon

Help us give my dad time who has been diagnosed with a Glioblastoma Brain Tumour. An incurable, highly aggressive cancer. We are raising money to extend my dad’s life so he will get to enjoy the important family moments every father should be able to experience.

On November 16th 2023, he was diagnosed with a brain tumour having noticed he was becoming clumsy and his orientation all over the place. Our worst fears were shortly confirmed when he was told he had a high grade, primary brain tumour, Glioblastoma.

I am Ella Cromack, Simon’s daughter. I play rugby for Harlequins Women and England U20s, I will be completing a 24 kick-athon at the Twickenham Stoop, where I aim to complete 1611 conversions in the 24 hours. This number represents the date that my dad was diagnosed. I am raising as much money as I can to help continue my dad on the treatments that are currently working and going so well!

Glioblastoma is incurable, but there are additional, proven treatments that can extend my dads life beyond those he is currently receiving, but these are not available on the NHS or in the UK. Treatments include Immunotherapy which has been proven to extend life in GBM tumours by stimulating or restoring the immune response against cancer cells. Rapid advances are being made in this area with very promising results being seen in extending survival. Another treatment is Optune®, which uses alternating electrical fields to pulse through the scalp and disrupt tumour cell division, or cause cell death. These prevent the tumour from growing or spreading so quickly.

They say time is money, but in this case money really buys time.