#ShouldertoShoulder

(Something for the weekend?) 

As you already know, since December last year I’ve been having a bit of a battle with throat cancer, at the moment I’m 7-5 up with about 2 minutes of injury time left on the clock. When I started writing the blog of the battle, I was encouraged to also write a book of my experiences to give a wider insight.

Today the book has been published on Amazon - #ShouldertoShoulder

I’ve set the price at £3.77 ($5.00) and all proceeds raised from the sale of the book will be split equally between Macmillan Cancer Support, who gave me and continue to give me fantastic support, and The Berkshire Cancer Centre Fund who are raising funds to purchase a new linear accelerator machine which is used to deliver radiotherapy to cancer patients. I was zapped by one of these machines 30 times during my treatment. Sometimes there were delays whilst one of the two existing machines was down for maintenance. The last thing you want when you’re being treated is to sit around waiting beyond your appointment time, a new machine will help to elevate those delays.

I don’t expect to raise the £10,000 or so that my treatment cost, but every little helps as they say.

The book isn’t War and Peace and it’s unlikely to win the 2017 Booker Prize. It just tells the story of the past 9 months, with a lot back stories added in to give a flavour of my personality. Whether you’re interested or not, it would be great if you could buy the book as a charitable contribution. If you do read the book, I’d ask that you put a review up on Amazon when you’ve finished, be it good, bad or indifferent. The more reviews a book gets then the more likely it is that it’ll be picked up on reading lists, and more likely to raise a few more £’s. 

Oh, and if you could “Share” that you’ve read it, that would be appreciated. Equally, if you know of anyone else who may be interested in reading the book please feel free to send them the link.

As always, thanks for reading.

To be continued……………

#shouldertoshoulder