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Helen McCarron

Remember September 2026

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Support my challenge to fight for a world without pancreatic cancer

This September, I'm walking 84km for the 84 people who die from pancreatic cancer every 3 days in the UK.
Pancreatic cancer is the deadliest common cancer in the UK.

 Right now, 31 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer every day in the UK.

So this September, I'm challenging myself to get up, get moving and walk 84km remember those we've lost, and stand with those affected by pancreatic cancer.

Please make a donation to support me, and together...

We will remember them. We will honour them. We will fight for them.

My Activity Tracking

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My target 84 kms

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£738 + £142.16 GiftAid

My Goal

£564

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My updates

Maybe not walking, but…

Wasn’t able to complete the last 7k as a walk. The impact of my first cycle of chemo hit me like a freight train and I ended up being hospitalised for 5 days. I was expecting rough, what I wasn’t expecting was total shutdown. I lost the ability to function on any level and my body shut down apart from being sick and the trots (although that term doesn’t do it justice!!! 4 days of drips, anti nausea, antibiotics and fluids and I feel just unwell now. V tired, v sleepy, v sore from all the holes they’ve punched into me. And this is just round one!!! Hoping anti nausea meds will be changed for next round, because to say they didn’t work is a major understatement. Anyway it meant walking the lady 7k was impossible. So asked the guys on the ward if there was anything I could use within the confines of my ‘isolation’ room and they came up trumps…. A floor cycle. It recorded distance which is all I needed. So today, feeling much better, I completed 7 k on the cycle in three rounds of 20 minutes together with the walk to the car from the ward... when you’re well you don’t notice the distances and today I explored parts of the hospital I didn’t know existed!!! It completely wiped me out and I know it’s a ‘cheat’, but it was the only way I was going to make it to the 84k.
I hope all my sponsors are understanding of my dilemma and continue to support me in any upcoming fundraising. I certainly will not be attempting the 70 miles in November, but there are other ways of raising some pennies… keep an eye out for whatever comes after the preloved sale in October. 
Thanks for your support x 

Out over the Marsh

Today’s walk (6.8km) would appear to be about my limit ATM. Arrived home in a bit of pain around the centre, well when I say ‘bit’ I mean quite a lot! Enough to make me seek a laying flat position. I will head to the paracetamol and hot water bottle shortly. 
I was with a friend, Kim, and her adorable black Cocker Spaniel, Betsy. Was great to have the company. 
We wandered away from my house and out over the ‘Marshes’ which in this neck of the woods is actually reclaimed farmland. It was a beautiful day for walking, if a little blustery on such an exposed section of land. But nonetheless enjoyable for that, in fact it probably kept us from overheating! 
We managed to miss a turning - what was that about geography teacher? (Never did have a sense of direction) - and ended up walking field boundaries rather than farm tracks which made the going somewhat heavier than anticipated. I’m sure it all adds to the strength building!!! 
Betsy was, for the most part, well behaved. She got a little rebellious about sitting at the side of the road to allow cars to pass, or to cross the road, towards the end of the walk, and I don’t blame her for that, I think we all just wanted to get back home by then. 
Hot and thirsty on our return, but well worth it. I think I will sleep well tonight

Upping the target.

I have just increased my fund raising target to £564. I know it’s an odd number, but it’s the next target on the Pancreatic Cancer funding page, and so… 
Together we have smashed the first three,  (and certainly my original target of £100 has been blown out the water). I am so grateful for all of your support. Onwards and upwards. Lots of love 🥰 

Slow Progress

I’m ever so slightly up on the 3km per day target, but nowhere near what I had hoped for. Feeling I’m making a pathetic effort so far. Today I was feeling v poorly in the afternoon so only 1.6km (a mile) covered today. Hopefully better in the morning. Weather not looking great, but may attempt to get the gym and use the treadmill. Watch this space x 

Thank you to my sponsors

£20

Iain

Coffee & cake?

£25

Janice Chapman (glover)

£57

Anne Carr

£28.44

Joy

£12.25

Teresa Hutchinson

Keep striving forward. You are making great progress.

£23.45

Jo & Paul Kelly

Good Luck Helen!

£25

Jo Mayes

Keep going Helen !! Positivity wins 😘

£23.45

Clair Harrison

Good luck

£20

Jack Jarvis

Amazing work, over halfway already 😁

£12.01

Emma Turner

£28.44

Carole Jones

Keep up the walking. If you need a partner to walk with you, just call me. Xx

£20

Gym Gill

An extra £20 donated by Gill from the gym. Much appreciated

£28.44

Mark Ballman

Great idea and I know you will smash it! X

£150

Sallie Barker

£20

Rachael

Well done you. Good luck and supporting you all the way.

£25

Pam Spears

Keep on going, one step at a time.❤️

£16.98

Iain Wood

Sending love x

£28.44

Ian Burke

Wishing you well x

£33.83

Mrs Clapham

£5

Kaye Bunting

£23.45

Fif

Supporting all your efforts Helen ❤️, Fiona and Neil xx

£27.84

Maireen Mountfield

£16.98

Steve And Sarah

We wish you all the best in achieving this goal. X

£25

Barbara Boffey

Thinking of you and sending love.

£16.98

Larraine Hand

Amazing, well done to you xx

£25

Helen Mccarron

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Thank you to my sponsors

£28.44

Joy

£28.44

Carole Jones

Keep up the walking. If you need a partner to walk with you, just call me. Xx

£28.44

Mark Ballman

Great idea and I know you will smash it! X

£28.44

Ian Burke

Wishing you well x

£27.84

Maireen Mountfield

£25

Janice Chapman (glover)

£25

Jo Mayes

Keep going Helen !! Positivity wins 😘

£25

Pam Spears

Keep on going, one step at a time.❤️

£25

Barbara Boffey

Thinking of you and sending love.

£25

Helen Mccarron

£23.45

Jo & Paul Kelly

Good Luck Helen!

£23.45

Clair Harrison

Good luck

£23.45

Fif

Supporting all your efforts Helen ❤️, Fiona and Neil xx

£20

Iain

Coffee & cake?

£20

Jack Jarvis

Amazing work, over halfway already 😁

£20

Gym Gill

An extra £20 donated by Gill from the gym. Much appreciated

£20

Rachael

Well done you. Good luck and supporting you all the way.

£16.98

Iain Wood

Sending love x

£16.98

Steve And Sarah

We wish you all the best in achieving this goal. X

£16.98

Larraine Hand

Amazing, well done to you xx

£12.25

Teresa Hutchinson

Keep striving forward. You are making great progress.

£12.01

Emma Turner

£5

Kaye Bunting

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