Cancer survivor’s final ski trip for charity
An 85-year-old man who credits the Lingen Davies Cancer Centre with saving his life is preparing for a final trip to his beloved ski slopes – to raise money and say thanks to those who cared for him.
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John Adamson from Shrewsbury, has now had two brushes with cancer – a carcinoma on his leg and a recent squamous cell carcinoma on the base of his tongue. Thankfully the octogenarian has successfully completed his treatment and is celebrating by hitting the slopes for the final time.
Along with his wife Judy, John has always been a keen skier but when he suffered from a sore throat in 2022 which later transpired to be a side effect of cancer, he had to take a break.
Unfortunately, John’s age means insurance cover for skiing is now prohibitive, so he is using this last trip this month as a fundraiser to give something back.
“I wouldn’t be able to walk, let alone ski, if it wasn’t for everyone at the centre so I just want to say thank you and raise some money.
“I was at the Keswick Beer Festival in June 2022 when I started with a sore throat. I had had carcinoma on the back of my leg before Covid and I wondered if it would be something like that. I asked my GP if it could be but they weren’t sure.
