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By Victoria Housden
That is because the intrepid exercisers are taking part in Cancer Research UK’s upcoming ‘Walk All Over Cancer’ event, which challenges participants to complete more than 10,000 steps per day, while raising money for the charity.
Emma-Jayne Fowler can’t wait to begin the sponsored event as she says it will give her ‘something positive to focus her sights on’ – and she has urged everyone who is enthused by the great outdoors to consider signing up, too.
“So many of us have loved ones who have been affected by cancer, and we would love to play our part to raise vital funds for life-saving research,” she said. “This is never been more important than now, as Cancer Research UK have been badly affected with Covid-19.”
A young hospital worker said her friends believed she was losing weight due to an eating disorder before she was diagnosed with a “ticking time bomb” combination of cancer and a life-threatening heart condition.
Assistant practitioner Bethan Goodey regularly worked 12-hour shifts at West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds, lifting patients and heavy equipment, but she had dropped from a dress size 10 to a four.
The 27-year-old, whose weight fell to just 7st 5lb (47kg), said people did not believe how ill she was because of her age.
Hospital worker Bethan Goodey was treated for cancer and a heart condition after her weight plummeted (Cancer Research UK/PA)