I
cannot believe we are in August already! Time is flying by! Life is so busy and
chaotic at the moment but it is also very exciting! I am trying to find some
time to dedicate to researching posts for this blog so please use the newly
installed contact box should you have any ideas or wish to write a guest post!
August
is Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Awareness Month so I wanted to use today’s post to
try and shine a light on this very rare cancer type. My work with Cancer
Research UK allows me to meet some incredible people and not many people are as
incredible as the beautiful Dawn Green, a PMP fighter. I love Dawn and think
she is absolutely amazing so this post is dedicated to her. She is literally
Wonderwoman and I am in awe of her.
In
2008 Dawn was diagnosed with Pseudomyxoma Peritonei.
Pseudomyxoma Peritonei is a very rare type of cancer that
usually begins in your appendix as a small growth, called a polyp. Or, more
rarely, it can start in other parts of the bowel, the ovary or bladder. This
polyp eventually spreads through the wall of your appendix and spreads
cancerous cells to the lining of the abdominal cavity (the peritoneum). These
cancerous cells produce mucus, which collects in the abdomen as a jelly like
fluid called mucin.
Dawn was given just three months to live
and the cancer was so rare that her doctors didn’t know much about it at all.
Whilst fighting the disease Dawn noticed a distinct lack of emotional support
for people fighting this form of cancer.
Dawn decided to set up a charity to help others in her situation. Pseudomyxoma Survivor aims to provide emotional support for anyone dealing with this type of cancer and to prevent anyone feeling alone or isolated during their fight against the disease.
Dawn decided to set up a charity to help others in her situation. Pseudomyxoma Survivor aims to provide emotional support for anyone dealing with this type of cancer and to prevent anyone feeling alone or isolated during their fight against the disease.
The charity fundraises and raises the profile of PMP
whilst also funding research into the disease. Dawn is an incredible patient
advocate for all survivors, and this results in increased awareness and higher
survival rates worldwide.
If you would like to know more about this type of Cancer
or Dawn’s charity then please check out her website, I will post the link
below. If you are interested in getting involved then I’m sure she’d be happy
to hear from you!
A cancer diagnosis is terrifying, especially when it’s a
very rare cancer such as this one. More needs to be done to understand these
rarer types of the disease so cure’s can be found and people can be saved. Dawn
recently found out that her cancer has returned but thankfully it is slow
growing. I wish her so much luck and I am sending so many positive thoughts and
lots of love her way. I think Dawn is incredible and the World needs people
like her. She is a tough cookie and she won’t let cancer beat her. We’re all
with you every step of the way beautiful Dawn.
xxx
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