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Virgin London Marathon - Human Interest 2010 Ruth Conquest Leighton Buzzard 37954 Ruth’s cousin, Naomi Thacker was diagnosed with AML in spring 2001 and passed away in the autumn. This is Ruth’s first ever marathon. She was always the worst at PE in her school. Because of that and other health issues, Ruth would never have dreamt of taking part in a marathon. By the time Ruth runs the marathon this April, it will be two years ago since she left her wheelchair. She was previously unable to stand up without suffering from seizures. The condition had come on suddenly when she was at college. One day she suffered a seizure and could not get up. Doctors could not diagnose her condition. She had numerous tests, and was told it was something psychological. At first, Ruth had to learn to walk, hobbling a few paces across a room leaning heavily on a zimmer frame. From there, she progressed to using crutches, all the time wearing knee braces with metal supports. Adopting a dog from an RSPCA centre was her motivation to walk without crutches as her mother wouldn’t allow her to have one until she could look after it herself. Then she started learning to run last May. In order to train, she approached the captain of her local athletic club, who offered to help her on a one-to-one basis. Clic Sargent
Virgin London Marathon - Human Interest 2010 Rodney Pearce Cornwall 37982 Rodney’s son Oliver was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in July 2001. They went to the GP every day for a week but they kept sending the family home saying they were just worried first time parents. Eventually they took him in for tests and which revealed a tumour in his chest. Oliver was operated on immediately and they removed the tumour. The lung then fortunately re-inflated. Oliver was discharged after a week. He had regular check-ups until last year and is now under a pediatrician. He is fine, except when he gets hot, half his body turns red and the other half doesn’t! This is Rodney’s first ever exercise. He decided to take it on after watching Peter Andre do it last year. He started off running one minute and walking running minute but can now do 12 miles. Clic Sargent Gavin Wilson Essex 42448 Gavin was diagnosed with cancer when he was 15 years old and at the time there was very little support for young people in his situation. He has decided that, having fully recovered from the cancer, now is the time to do something for CLIC Sargent so that he is able to support the charity for all the work they do. Clic Sargent
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