Founder | CEO | Gamers Beat Cancer Charity

17/12/1974 - 06/06/2023

Website: https://www.gamersbeatcancer.co.uk

In March 2019, my life was changed forever, I was diagnosed with a very rare form of leukaemia called AML (Acute Myeloid Leukaemia); it has been discovered that I have a rare genetic form. In the space of two years I have battled this disease twice and now awaiting a bone marrow transplant.

Throughout my lonely journey and the battle with this disease I spent a lot of time in isolation. Since the age of 11 when I received my first computer, I have always had a great passion for video and games tech beginning with the Commodore Plus 4. I now needed them more than ever and not to feel disconnected from my online friends whilst receiving my treatment in hospital.

Video games helped me feel as normal as I could in-spite of my situation and kept me distracted from my harsh reality that I was facing.

Beating AML for the 1st time was one of the hardest boss battles I have ever fought in my life with slim chance of respawn, then it came back and faced another secret boss.

This has been the toughest RPG I have played in my life and there still are more to levels to come.

"Lets Have More Game On, Than Game Over"