16:38 Rachael Brown 23, Terene Stevens 41, Simon Purcell

Zoe Spain, 29
Egham,
surrey
After months of painful neck after a fall from her horse, Zoe visited her Dr to
ask if she could get some physiotherapy. Her Dr was only to happy to
oblige and sent her for an assessment. Following a straight forward
assessment and on her way out, Zoe happened to mention that when she
poked her tongue out, it was at a 90 degree angle. The therapist decided to
run some more tests and a large tumour was discovered at the top of Zoe's
spine, underneath her brain, a condition called Chordoma, where part of
Zoe's spinal cord didn't fuse in stero and had been slowly growing. No one
could tell Zoe whether she would live or die, the condition is so rare, there
are only 300 cases each year worldwide. After two major operations, where
they had to spilt Zoe's face in half to access and remove the tumour and 7
weeks of radio therapy in May 2012, she is fighting fit and preparing to run
her first marathon.
Children With
Cancer
Zaim Beekawa
Zaim is 19 years old, and last Christmas he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's
Lymphoma and had to undergo 6 cycles of chemotherapy which lasted 6
months. His treatment started in January 2012 and ended in June 2012.
Being around the hospital and being supported by Clic Sargent through the
treatment, he felt like he wanted to support the cause in any way he could,
and in a sense give back the help he received so that others can also
receive the tremendous support that he had. The Marathon will be 10
months after his treatment finished.
Clic Sargent
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