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Team Sunday Post will be walking its socks off
By Sarah Johnson Cat Noonan and Kaye Gallacher, from our Dundee office, and John Paul Breslin from Edinburgh will be walking with Glasgow staff members Robert Wight, Jill Scott and me. We’re delighted to be supporting Breast Cancer Care on May 15. Explaining why she wanted to participate, Jill said, “I still remember the dread when I discovered a lump many years ago. “It turned out to be a cyst, which was easily drained. Since then it’s been a recurring problem and each time it happens I go to the breast clinic, thinking, ‘Will this be the time I’m given news I don’t want to hear?’ “I know that for every time I’ve left the clinic happy, there’ll be women who’ve left in tears and shock. I’m doing this to support them all.” Robert added, “Breast cancer affects men too — every year a few hundred cases are diagnosed and figures are rising. “It’s important to raise as much cash as possible to help win the battle against breast cancer.” Step forward Cat said, “I’m very aware of breast cancer and its after-effects as my mum works to help people suffering from lymphoedema, which can develop after surgery to remove lymph nodes. “She and her patients use Breast Cancer Care’s services so I know how important it is to keep them going.” Kaye said, “When I heard The Sunday Post was supporting the Pink Ribbonwalk I had to step forward. “A good friend works in the breast screening clinic in Dundee and I know how important the work they do is. “If the walk can raise awareness and money while we have fun, it’s all good!” John Paul said, “I know so many people who’ve lost loved ones to cancer. “Breast cancer alone kills tens of thousands of women in the UK every year. “I’m glad to be taking part in the walk in order to highlight how vital it is that people get the help, support and advice they need at such a difficult time.” Helpless As for me, the mum of a close friend was diagnosed with breast cancer six years ago. When someone you love is going through the pain and uncertainty of a diagnosis you’re left feeling helpless, torn between keeping them positive and your own fears. But six years on, after a hard battle, the prognosis is good and she’s looking forward to the future and watching her two beautiful granddaughters grow up. Sadly, too many lives are still lost. In 2008 I interviewed the mother of a young woman from my home town who’d died four years earlier. She was only 30. More than 46,000 people are diagnosed every year — 127 every day, one every 11 minutes. Breast Cancer Care provides help and support for 22,000 people each year through a range of services and events but gets no funding and relies on donations and fundraising. We’ll walk our pink socks off to help the charity raise the money it needs. If you can’t take part in the Pink Ribbonwalk but would like to support Breast Cancer Care you can sponsor The Sunday Post team at www.justgiving.com/sundaypost or send a cheque made payable to Breast Cancer Care, c/o Pink Ribbonwalk, The Sunday Post, 144 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow, G4 0HZ. Thank you.
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