Mum Lesley tells CHECT about James’ journey with retinoblastoma, and what life is like now: James is a happy, healthy and energetic 9-year-old. He loves school, steam trains and eating (lots). In his spare time he attends Cubs (where he has just achieved his Silver...
As part of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Lawson, who was diagnosed with retinoblastoma (Rb) over fifty years ago, shares his story with us: I’m Lawson Symmonds and live in Caerphilly South Wales. I was brought up in the small village of St Athan in the Vale of...
Two parents from Yorkshire are urging other parents to look out for the tell-tale signs of eye cancer this World Retinoblastoma Awareness Week, after their two-year-old daughter was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer that typically affects children under...
On Christmas day of 2018 my sister noticed a glare in my son Jaxon’s eye – a sign of retinoblastoma. I took him to the GP on 27th Dec, who then advised us to go start to our localA & E department. That’s when we learned of the devastating...
Two parents from Putney are urging other parents to look out for the tell-tale signs of eye cancer this Rare Disease Day, after their fourteen-month-year-old daughter was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer that typically affects children under the age of...
Mum Sanya describes how having bilateral retinoblastoma is not getting in the way of her daughter Natalie’s accomplishments. “My daughter Natalie has bilateral retinoblastoma but that does not stop her to do all the amazing stuff she loves. She loves to do...
