Josies’s Sail Around the UK
July, 2010
- Josie welcomed in Oban by Mike from BTA
Josie Phillips with her husband Roger are sailing their Contessa32, Nordlys , around Britain to raise funds and awareness for Brain Tumour charities and to complete a great personal challenge.
Josie was diagnosed with a low grade brain tumour in 2004 but in 2008 after three operations they discovered it had progressed to grade 4 (malignant). Since then Josie has been treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy as well as developing an infection which led to yet another operation and she is now without a section of skull.
The length of Josie’s life is rather uncertain but one thing is for sure – She is determined to live it and enjoy it.
In 2007, Brain tumours killed 3611 people, many of whom were children, or young adults like Josie. When compared with other cancers such as leukaemia and breast cancer, funds for brain tumour research are seriously lacking. In the UK more children and people under the age of 40 die of a brain tumour than any other cancer – yet brain tumour research is woefully under-funded.
Very little is known about the cause of primary brain tumours and there is no cure. More funding is needed to enable research to help find better treatments for this horrible disease.
Average survival for people with brain cancer like Jose’s is between just 9 months and 2 years.
With a passion for living made stronger with each challenge and adventure, Josie intends to beat the statistics and keep living.
In her own words “Sailing Round Britain is a great personal challenge for me and will never take me far from medical help should I need it. It will also give us the opportunity to see lots of our friends along the way and hopefully make new ones too!â€
You can learn more Josie and Roger and follow them round the UK at www.contessa32.co.uk.
- Safely Arrived in Eyemouth.
August 22, 2010
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