Runner diagnosed with cancer resumes fundraiser for late sister
The irony he contracted cancer while raising money in his sister's memory after she also had cancer was not lost on him, he said.However, he said he had been very committed to the fundraising target."Fortunately my mind was already there anyway, all I needed to do was to keep nurturing it and the running helps with that and the fundraising helps with that," he told BBC Hereford and Worcester. "Seeing the figures go up for St Michaels helps with that and having my family and friends - they help with that," he said.Mr Radon explained his late sister and the care she received at the hospice had been his main motivation."So many families like mine rely on those fine nurses to care for them and their loved ones in these dark times," he said. He also worked in a hospice during the Covid-19 pandemic and seen "the hard work that goes into it".
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