Crick mum whose baby bump turned out to be rare cancer gears up for Race for Life with Slimming World team
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Slimming World consultant Sophie Cheetham is all set for Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life with her son Charlie and other members of her group.
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Hide AdShe said: "I will be also be running Race for Life at Stoneleigh tomorrow (Saturday, May 18) for a cancer very close to my heart - trophoblastic disease which is a rare cancer formed in pregnancy which I experienced In 2018.”
She was devastated to learn there was no baby at her 12 week scan.
Known as a molar pregnancy, Sophie had the mass removed and was lucky to not need chemotherapy.
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Hide AdShe added: “I felt angry. How could my body turn my baby into a tumour?”
Sophie, who went on to have a daughter, Isla, runs her slimming group in Rugby.
The mum praised her ‘incredible members’ for helping such an amazing cause.
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Hide Ad“I love Race for Life and the money and awareness it raises while having a blast,” she added.
“Thank you to all our amazing members who have made this possible”
For more information and to donate, visit https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/team/sophies-slimming-world-sparkles
To find out more about Sophie’s Slimming World group, visit https://www.slimmingworld.co.uk/group/564865
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