Page 6 - Inspire

“It was in late October 2016 when Georgie started
getting mildly breathless when climbing stairs, that the
first signs started to present themselves. A month or
so later Georgie started experiencing some
discomfort so went to her doctor. She was referred
for an x-ray and things unravelled from there.

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On Saturday 7 January 2017, we were told that they
could see no reason that this wouldn’t be ‘a cancer’.
It was then confirmed; Georgie had stage 4 lung
cancer.

future have more options than she did. I am now focusing
Those first few days, we went through every my energy on fulfilling her wish.
conceivable emotion - shock, worry, fear. We cried. We
were stoic. Surreally, at times we found a way to share
some form of humour in this hideously awful new In 2020, I pledged to run one half marathon every
world. month, finishing with a full marathon in December,
with all money raised going to Roy Castle Lung
Laughing together made life better. We couldn’t escape Cancer Foundation.
lung cancer, but we could, fleetingly, escape the
horror of it by finding something to laugh about. Being the only recognised UK lung cancer charity
dedicated to helping everyone affected by the disease,
It didn’t change the situation, but it did give us short I felt it was important to help support their invaluable
moments of respite to allow us to reset and face what research as well as share their message that anyone can
needed to be faced. be affected by lung cancer.

Georgie’s cancer was very aggressive, and she died The original plan was to run all over England sharing
within eight months of being diagnosed. But before she this important message, as well as taking on the
died, Georgie resolved to help others. It was her wish Reykjavik Midnight Sun Run in June and then ending the
to help deliver a positive change so that those in the year by completing the Valencia Marathon.