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watched the stand up to Cancer show on telly last night. Brought home how lucky we have been. There is always someone worse off is a bit of a throw away comment, but I have seen first hand this year that, no matter how bad things were for me, when you see kids suffering and succumbing to the terrible disease, I have been very, very fortunate.

From what I have learned, and what was said last night, the thing standing between us and a cure for all cancers is time and money. With this in mind I think we all owe it to ourselves to give a few quid to Macmillan or Cancer Research and do our bit.

I have first hand evidence that this works. When dad passed away 22 years ago from non Hodgkins Lymphoma, it was untreatable. Now, thanks to stem cell treatment funded and developed thanks to Cancer Research, the condition is eminently treatable.

I started giving £10 a month to Cancer Research back then which in the big picture is absolutely nothing and a small enough amount for me not to 

miss it. I've certainly had my money's worth out of it this year. Whether it's through guilt, grief or the kindness of our hearts, a couple of quid a month is nothing to most of us but added together could make such a big difference.

cancerresearchuk.org