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Belfast Telegraph
3 days ago
- Health
- Belfast Telegraph
Miss NI vows to use platform to raise awareness of rare cancer: ‘It teaches you to never take a day for granted'
Miss Northern Ireland Carly Wilson has been named Sarcoma UK Ambassador after her own inspiring journey battling a rare form of cancer. The 23-year-old from Rathfriland was diagnosed with PAWS-GIST – an uncommon subtype of gastrointestinal stromal tumour that primarily affects young people – after months of being misdiagnosed.
BBC News
4 days ago
- Health
- BBC News
South Downs National Park hosts leg of doctor's cancer fundraiser
A doctor who is completing 15 half Ironman-distance challenges in 15 days to raise money for charity has brought her fundraiser to a national park in Thursday, South Downs National Park is hosting a leg of junior A&E doctor Meg Pragnell's fundraiser for Sarcoma Pragnell, whose training was made tougher as she was recuperating after donating a kidney to her mother, is hoping to raise £15,000 for the national said: "This is about more than finishing triathlons, it's about visibility, advocacy, and hope. If one person hears the word 'sarcoma' because of this and gets an earlier diagnosis it will all have been worth it." The junior doctor wanted to raise money for Sarcoma UK as one of her close friends was diagnosed with the cancer aged just Pragnell also donated a kidney to her mother less than a year before her challenges started at the end of her surgery she was unable to walk more than 200m (656ft) on a treadmill, but built up her fitness to complete the daily challenges of a 1.9km (1.2-mile) swim, 90km (55.9-mile) cycle, and 21.1km (13.1-mile) run - totalling up to eight hours per completed, Ms Pragnell will have travelled 1,000km (621.4 miles) across national parks throughout the final challenge will be in her home county of Derbyshire in the Peak District National Park on 14 August.
Glasgow Times
26-06-2025
- Health
- Glasgow Times
Student who ‘does not like running' aims to run 500km in 10 days
Sean Tilson, 21, hopes to raise £5,000 for the cancer charity Sarcoma UK. Last year, he completed four challenges in four months, which included a 100-mile run and Ironman triathlon. For the past eight months, Mr Tilson been training for his latest endurance feat. The University of Exeter student is setting off on Thursday from the city and will be stopping off at schools along the route to talk with students about mindset. His route will take him from Exeter to Fleet in Hampshire, via Birmingham and Eton and Windsor. He credits mindset with turning his life around after he lost his mother at the age of 14 to sarcoma, a term that describes bone and soft tissue cancer. 'I'll be talking to them about mindset and my belief that the only voice that limits you in your life is your own,' he said. 'For a large chunk of my life I felt pretty powerless, like I was alone in a crowded room and didn't quite fit in, but through mindset I was able to turn that narrative around. 'I did this by imagining the person I wanted to be and defining the values I wanted to live by – courage, curiosity, kindness and integrity – and using those four values as the framework to evaluate my decisions.' Mr Tilson, who will graduate later this year with a degree in business management, has been the president of five societies while at the university, including the endurance society IronFit. He said that while being a good runner, he does not enjoy it. 'For me it's very much a discipline, a way to measure what I can accomplish when I stick with something,' he said. 'But it's a fascinating sport that's taught me so much about resilience and how, even in your lowest moments, like when I did my 100-mile challenge and was struggling to stay in the race, you can turn things around. 'These days I find running meditative, so I think I will enjoy this challenge, especially as I've got such a great team around me. 'Realising that mindset is where true growth lies has really helped me make the most of my time here at Exeter. 'I want to encourage others to take a step forward, be kind to yourself, but always be guided by that vision of the person you want to become.' In the autumn he will start a graduate job in New York as a business analyst.
Leader Live
26-06-2025
- Health
- Leader Live
Student who ‘does not like running' aims to run 500km in 10 days
Sean Tilson, 21, hopes to raise £5,000 for the cancer charity Sarcoma UK. Last year, he completed four challenges in four months, which included a 100-mile run and Ironman triathlon. For the past eight months, Mr Tilson been training for his latest endurance feat. The University of Exeter student is setting off on Thursday from the city and will be stopping off at schools along the route to talk with students about mindset. His route will take him from Exeter to Fleet in Hampshire, via Birmingham and Eton and Windsor. He credits mindset with turning his life around after he lost his mother at the age of 14 to sarcoma, a term that describes bone and soft tissue cancer. 'I'll be talking to them about mindset and my belief that the only voice that limits you in your life is your own,' he said. 'For a large chunk of my life I felt pretty powerless, like I was alone in a crowded room and didn't quite fit in, but through mindset I was able to turn that narrative around. 'I did this by imagining the person I wanted to be and defining the values I wanted to live by – courage, curiosity, kindness and integrity – and using those four values as the framework to evaluate my decisions.' Mr Tilson, who will graduate later this year with a degree in business management, has been the president of five societies while at the university, including the endurance society IronFit. He said that while being a good runner, he does not enjoy it. 'For me it's very much a discipline, a way to measure what I can accomplish when I stick with something,' he said. 'But it's a fascinating sport that's taught me so much about resilience and how, even in your lowest moments, like when I did my 100-mile challenge and was struggling to stay in the race, you can turn things around. 'These days I find running meditative, so I think I will enjoy this challenge, especially as I've got such a great team around me. 'Realising that mindset is where true growth lies has really helped me make the most of my time here at Exeter. 'I want to encourage others to take a step forward, be kind to yourself, but always be guided by that vision of the person you want to become.' In the autumn he will start a graduate job in New York as a business analyst.
South Wales Argus
26-06-2025
- Health
- South Wales Argus
Student who ‘does not like running' aims to run 500km in 10 days
Sean Tilson, 21, hopes to raise £5,000 for the cancer charity Sarcoma UK. Last year, he completed four challenges in four months, which included a 100-mile run and Ironman triathlon. For the past eight months, Mr Tilson been training for his latest endurance feat. The University of Exeter student is setting off on Thursday from the city and will be stopping off at schools along the route to talk with students about mindset. His route will take him from Exeter to Fleet in Hampshire, via Birmingham and Eton and Windsor. He credits mindset with turning his life around after he lost his mother at the age of 14 to sarcoma, a term that describes bone and soft tissue cancer. 'I'll be talking to them about mindset and my belief that the only voice that limits you in your life is your own,' he said. 'For a large chunk of my life I felt pretty powerless, like I was alone in a crowded room and didn't quite fit in, but through mindset I was able to turn that narrative around. 'I did this by imagining the person I wanted to be and defining the values I wanted to live by – courage, curiosity, kindness and integrity – and using those four values as the framework to evaluate my decisions.' Mr Tilson, who will graduate later this year with a degree in business management, has been the president of five societies while at the university, including the endurance society IronFit. He said that while being a good runner, he does not enjoy it. 'For me it's very much a discipline, a way to measure what I can accomplish when I stick with something,' he said. 'But it's a fascinating sport that's taught me so much about resilience and how, even in your lowest moments, like when I did my 100-mile challenge and was struggling to stay in the race, you can turn things around. 'These days I find running meditative, so I think I will enjoy this challenge, especially as I've got such a great team around me. 'Realising that mindset is where true growth lies has really helped me make the most of my time here at Exeter. 'I want to encourage others to take a step forward, be kind to yourself, but always be guided by that vision of the person you want to become.' In the autumn he will start a graduate job in New York as a business analyst.
