has anyone ever played a part? I'm seriously considering the Sheffield Half Marathon this year - sponsorship to Macmillan Cancer Support.
My mum was diagnosed with Thyroid cancer about 32 years ago, after a misdiagnosis of a cyst about a year or two before - she went onto a waiting list for the removal of the 'cyst'.
21 years later (and after a number of operation due to spread cancer) her surgeon / cancer research identified a faulty gene which caused this rare cancer, myself and my two brothers had to be tested for this gene and I was the only one who carried it. I had my thyroid removed, so fingers crossed for the future but I carry a 50% chance I could pass it onto my kids.
I'm not fitness freak but I really want to do this as without the continued research and available funds, we may not have identified this gene and I may have gone through the numerous operations my mum did.