Remembering Cathie

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Remembering Cathie

In late 2014, my wife Cathie was a vibrant, fit and much-loved mother of three teenage boys. 2015 was to be a year of milestones, her 50th and her eldest son’s HSC and 18th.But just over eight months later, in August, Cathie succumbed to a very aggressive and rare cancer of the biliary system (liver, gallbladder and bile ducts).

The early symptoms of these cancers can easily be mistaken for nausea, indigestion, reflux and bloating. By the time something is evidently wrong, the cancer has usually spread to surrounding organs and advanced to a stage where treatment is very difficult and the prognosis is poor.

Since Cathie’s devastating death I’ve made it my goal to try to make more people aware of rare cancers like these and raise funds to contribute to the incredible research being undertaken by Cure Cancer Australia and Cancer Council NSW.

To me, understanding Cathie’s story is important for a number of reasons:

1. Little is known of these cancers
2. Diagnosis is difficult and by the time the symptoms appear, the cancer is well advanced and the prognosis is poor
3. While such cancers are considered rare, particularly in young people, survival is very unlikely and, as survival rates for common cancers continue to improve, “rarer” cancers will become more significant killers
4. Little is known about the causes of these cancers or their relation to any patient specific conditions
5. Treatment is complex and resource intensive and patient suffering is severe.
When I heard about CanToo and the amazing work it does encouraging people to pursue their fitness goals in the name of cancer research, I decided to launch [name of fundraising page] with an initial fundraising goal of $25,000.
I’m personally planning to kick this off by running 5kms inthe Manly Fun Run next May (

http://www.manlyfunrun.org/). Cathie and I lived for a while in Manly so we not only have a connection to the area but I like the fact there are runs accessible to anyone (2kms, 5kms, 10kms), whatever their fitness level.

I invite Cathie’s family, friends and anyone with a connection to my beautiful late wife to join me, so together we can reach our goal and do what we can to prevent others suffering from these terrible cancers.

Thank you to my Sponsors

$10k

Joseph Zucchiatti

$2k

The Cooper Tuxens

Great work Joe on your fund-raising for such a worthy cause. Looking forward to running with you in Manly!

$2k

Mardi & Shaun Cunningham

Sisters are supposed to grow old together & I will miss my sis everyday forever xxxx

$1.36k

Sale Of Cpas And Tshirts

$1,000

Marnie Lewis-millar

$1,000

Kate Greenslade

$1,000

Ian Poole

$500

Lisa Bounds

$500

Samantha & James Tilley

$500

John, Lisa, Sophie, Will And Tom

Great job Joe, we look forward to joining you and the boys on the run

$500

Ben And Juliet

Joe and family, Our wishes and strength are with you

$300

Miller Family

A beautiful special friend.

$300

Anonymous

$300

Michelle Attenborough

$250

Raymond Huynh

$250

Craig And Kim Stokeld

$250

The Staff Of Zest Healthcare

Profits from the sale of a Zest cookbook going to a very worthy cause.

$250

Peter Grant

Joe - A brilliant achievement, well done! Looking forward to joining you for the run. Cheers, Peter

$208

Andrew And Kate

Remembering this beautiful lady

$200

Debra Behan

$200

Linda Tebbet

A great effort for a great cause. Cathie would be very proud of you all. See you Sunday.

$200

Alan Cazalet

$200

Lara Oorloff

Wishing you all the best with the run.

$200

Ash Family At Scots College

Great effort for Cathie continue to pray for all the family.

$200

John, Lisa, Will, Sophie And Tom

Well done Joe and boys, looking forward to seeing you on the day

$200

Melanie Poiner

$200

Kevin & Mandy Holloway

Thinking of you all

$200

Gavin, Julie, Jono, Jamie & Lucy Dennis

Look forward to joining you on the run and to supporting this cause.

$200

Mazays

Miss Cathies laughs Hope this helps towards finding a cure

$200

Mike & Naomi

A wonderful initiative ....thinking of you all...

$200

Kaplan Family

Good luck with the run xxxx

$200

Belinda, Mark And Cooper Wray

We are all here for you and keeping hope alive! Cathy will be so proud of you all.

$200

Stephen Buckley

Such a great initiative. Looking forward to the run on Sunday (I'll be the one walking at the back!)

$200

David, Sophie, Jack, Harry And Tom

Best of luck for your run Zucchiatti boys! Wish we could run with you and hope our contribution helps to fund much needed research and treatment of rare cancers. Cathie would be so proud of you all.

$200

Flavia And John Mahony

Great cause ! Good luck on the run

$200

Joseph, Edwina, Ava Lily, Niko & Lucia Dahdah

$200

Jen And Mark Kelly

$150

Oliver Gair

$104

Hilary & Paul

Remembering a very special friend.. good luck tomorrow

$104

Manon Zanarini

$100

Carmel Small

Keep up the great effort. All the best , Carmel Small

$100

Ludlow Family

Best wishes to you and the boys from Ludlow family

$100

Annie Crawford

Thank you for supporting a great cause in honour of your beautiful wife, so that others do not have to go through what she did

$100

Tim Jorgensen

$100

David Hooke

Best of luck with the run guys. Thoughts are with you all.

$100

Iag

$100

Edwina Harper

I miss Cathie's smiling face and look forward to joining you to remember her

$100

Linda Curnow, Rob Mckay And The Boys

We think of you often. Good luck with the fundraising and enjoy the run.

$100

Ian Ball

Best of luck tomorrow Joe.

$100

Anonymous

Thinking of you all tomorrow and wonderful memories of Cathie.

$100

The Reckling Family

In loving memory of a wonderful lady. Great effort boys x

$100

Annette Ward (daniel)

Great idea, enjoy the run.

$100

Andrew And Kerin Hurrell

Thinking of you all

$100

Jando Family

Good luck & great effort x

$100

Lucy Hookway

You are all in my thoughts often. So happy you have almost reached your goal - Cathie would be smiling that big smile of hers and be so proud of you.

$100

Emma, Mark, Joe And Fred

All the very best for the run. Raising awareness is a wonderful thing to do. We send our love to you all.

$100

Judy Beardsell

$100

Anonymous

$100

Maria Dzajkovski

$100

Susan Woods

$100

Prashant Shetty

Good luck with the initiative!

$100

Richard Sheridan

Great cause and all the best for the run.

$100

Sally, James And Charlie Hooke

$100

Matched Giving Lag

$70

Sale Of Merchandise

$52

Scott K

$50

Anonymous

Great cause - glad to be able to help

$50

Ball Family

Prayers and congratulations for such an amazing fundraising event.

$50

Linda

Best of luck to you and the boys for Sunday. Keep up the great work.

$50

Annette Liney

Good luck with reaching your goal Joe and boys. Its a wonderful thing your doing and Cathie would be very proud of you all. Love Annette xx

$50

Sharon Froome

Good luck Joe ... We will look out for you. The Wiltons x

$50

Sandra Gugger

So pleased to be able to help in memory of Cathie.

$30

Vouris Family At Scots College

Praying for you all

$30

Julie King

Hope it's a wonderful event Joe and boys. I will run with you in 2017?? Julie King

$20

Anonymous

$20

Leanne Gallagher

I was so inspired and touched by your tragic story, I can relate to Cathie as I too just turned 50 have 3 teenage children and one doing their HSC. Such a loss to your family but how proud Cathie must be of you all. keep up the fight.

$20

Caroline Bowman

$20

Ben Wang

$20

Anonymous

I wish you and your family all the very best.

$20

Kim O

Cathie was one of my best friends at school. It was horrible to know that she had passed. I also lost my mum to liver cancer nearly 8 years ago & every year I hold a biggest morning tea to raise funds to hopefully one day find a cure for this horrid disease.