It’s World Pancreatic Cancer Day and lots of people are talking about it on social media Grainne O’Neill has spent a huge chunk of her young life talking about pancreatic cancer. We met on Twitter – our paths crossed because of the disease. At the time Grainne’s mummy had just been diagnosed and Grainne was trying to learn as much as possible about her likely prognosis. My heart went out to Grainne, she was so young and I knew the likely outcome was that she was going to lose her mummy at a young age in the same way my son lost his dad when he was just 19. Grainne’s mummy put up a great fight but, as it usually does, pancreatic cancer won in the end. So I’d like to tell you a little about Grainne – in a word, she’s amazing. She spends a huge amount of her time fighting for others affected by pancreatic cancer. She does this in her mummy’s memory - her Charity is called Fight On For Annie. She’s been on TV, radio, addressed politicians, trekked the Great Wall of China, held a prestigious Gala Ball and even persuaded the actor Jamie Dornan to sport a Fight on For Annie wristband! In this short video Grainne and her family tell how pancreatic cancer devastated their lives. Abraxane wasn’t available when Grainne’s mummy was diagnosed but I know that if it was Grainne would have fought tooth and nail for her mummy to get it so they could have had more time together. This is why we are standing up for pancreatic cancer patients, it’s too late for Grainne’s mummy and my husband but it’s not too late to offer a little hope to patients that are currently fighting the disease. We are so close to getting 100k+ signatures on this campaign and I’m truly grateful to you all for your continued support. If you feel you can share this update to help us nudge that bit further to 100k people standing up for those who are affected by the Abraxane decision that would be great. Patients should not be denied this glimmer of hope just because they live in England. If you’d like to keep up to date with what Grainne is doing, you can check out her Facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/Fightonforannie/?fref=ts With very best wishes and grateful thanks to everyone that has added their name and shared updates Maggie