Picture supply, Bethany Barnes
An ex-servicewoman who was recognized with bone most cancers hopes to repeat the identical charity stroll she accomplished earlier than changing into an amputee.
Bethany Barnes, from Egremont in Cumbria, walked 11km (6.8m) round Ennerdale Water following her first bone most cancers prognosis in December 2019.
She raised £4,700 for the Bone Most cancers Analysis Belief, then a recurrence of her most cancers in October 2023 meant she needed to have her leg and a part of her pelvis eliminated
Ms Barnes says doing the stroll once more is a method to “end off my most cancers story”.
“I’ve been so fortunate to have had my first daughter, throughout the three years I used to be away from most cancers, which I’m endlessly blessed for,” she stated.
“We’ve all been given one other shot at life and might study to adapt to our limitations, which is a message I hope to convey by way of this problem.”
Picture supply, Bethany Barnes
Ms Barnes was recognized with osteosarcoma, the most typical type of main bone most cancers in youngsters and younger adults, when she was 22.
Her remedy concerned 9 months of chemotherapy adopted by surgical procedure to interchange her proper hip, knee and thigh bone with a steel prosthesis.
In October 2023, simply ten months after giving beginning, Bethany was recognized with a recurrence of osteosarcoma in her hip.
Her total leg and a part of her pelvis have been eliminated which meant a medical discharge from the Royal Navy, the place she had labored since 2014.
Picture supply, Bethany Barnes
Xanthe Hopkinson, regional relationship supervisor on the Bone Most cancers Analysis Belief, described her as “really inspiring.”
“We’re so in awe of Bethany’s energy and dedication and we want to want her all the most effective for the subsequent stroll,” she stated.
Ms Barnes’s stroll will happen on the 13 July, leaving Bleach Inexperienced automotive park at 11:00 BST.
