Renee Mitchell

On Sunday 10 May, i'm running for a cure.

I’m joining the Mother’s Day Classic to help raise funds and awareness of breast and ovarian cancers.

This year I am running for the survivors. 

The end of active cancer treatment is celebrated, you are 'fine now'. You smile and get on with things not to make others feel uncomfortable, not to seem ungrateful. 

Survivorship comes with a risk of reoccurrence, sometimes a high risk, too high. 

You are prescribed a concoction of medications to reduce your risk of reoccurrence, sometimes causing life long serious side effects, affecting bone health, heart health. You are anxious, you have brain fog, you have insomnia, joint pain, you experience weight gain, you are exhausted, not tiredness that sleep can fix but cancer fatigue exhausted, you are grateful. 

You continue to have injections, scans, infusions, surgeries and specialist appointments to fix other problems the medications that are designed to save you have caused, the list goes on. 

You try your best to create lasting memories, tomorrow things may change. The world moved on without you whilst your world was constant appointments and curled up in a ball. Career, friendships, finances, plans are affected. You hope for a cure so others don't have to go through the same. 

Cancer isn't rare, it doesn't just happen to other people, you are certainly not immune to it because you are young or you are healthy. Please make a donation today to support this cause.  There’s only one way to stop breast and ovarian cancers - together! 

Thank you for your support.