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I never thought for one second that anyone in my family would get Cancer. In fact not one single person going back decades has ever been diagnosed or died from Cancer in my family. So when I got that awful phone call 12 weeks ago to tell me that my brother Mario had terminal cancer, I was so shocked I could not even take it in, not my lovely kind hearted brother. In fact I still couldn’t come to terms with it until I started to see the signs that he was unwell. It broke my heart and all I prayed for was it to be a mistake and perhaps a bad dream and when I wake up it will all be normal again. That never happened and I watched my brother lose weight very fast and suffer with the pain. The chemo was not a choice for him as he was too poorly for it to work for him. He managed to get married to his girlfriend of 14 years and that was a happy and sad occasion rolled into one. We tried to get the family together as much as possible, meeting up for Mario to play his beloved game of pool, and even though he was poorly he still managed to beat us all J. We had our last game on the 20th November and on the 23rd November my lovely brother passed away. I am so heartbroken and still cannot believe it has happened to us. This message is to say cancer needs to be beaten so no other families have to watch a loved one slip away. It’s an evil disease and does not care who it takes, Mum, Father, Brother, Sister or child. It does not need to be a hereditary disease it just chooses a victim and leaves pain and heartache with all the  family. Before this all happened I must admit I didn’t notice the adverts on TV for giving money for Cancer research, like I said above Cancer was never in the family. We seem to have problems more with the heart. Now all I hear is cancer whether it be an advert or someone talking about it, I now seem to hear it in films and just about everything I see around me. It has made me realise that this awful disease is widespread worldwide, and no matter how healthy a person is, it can still affect them. Let’s all beat this silent killer and give to cancer research, so that no one has to go through this with a much treasured and loved one. L