Stephen’s Story – A Hero Passes

From CBC’s NATIONAL: A terminally ill British teenager who raised millions of dollars for charity has died at the age of 19. Stephen Sutton was diagnosed with terminal cancer four years ago, and drew up a bucket list. He achieved 34 of his 46 goals.

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Below is the Note Stephen had originally posted, then kept updated on his facebook page (CLICK HERE to visit):

“Hello everyone! I’m 18 years old and in the last three years I have been fighting cancerous tumours in my bowel, knee, groin and pelvis. I have had to undergo surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy- all resulting in me spending a lot of time in hospital! Medical opinion has ranged from me requiring an amputation to now instead being incurable. This means that realistically I’m facing a very uncertain, and probably very limited, future.

Originally all I ever wanted to do was study hard and make a difference to the world by becoming a doctor, however in light of my current circumstances I have decided to be more pragmatic with my time. This will involve utilizing as many short term opportunities as possible to enrich my own life experience and most importantly to try and improve the lives of others by fundraising and raising awareness of cancer in teenagers and young adults.

Here is a link to my Justgiving fundraising page, included on the page is also a write up of why I have decided to raise funds for Teenage Cancer Trust:

https://www.justgiving.com/Stephen-Sutton-TCT

Now exams are finished with I’ve written a list of things I want to achieve this year, with a large a number of things being for charity. By following and sharing my story you can help me raise funds and also raise awareness of cancer in teenagers and young adults. Thank you!”

Updated bucketlist:

1) Raise £10,000 for teenage cancer trust-  NEW TARGET.. £1,000,000 – DONE!

2) Skydive for charity- DONE

3) Bungee jump for charity (at some place like the Macua tower, Verzasca dam, Victoria falls, etc)

4) Organize a charity party- DONE

5) Charity waxing and head shave

6) Write a book – DONE

7) Release a “tumour humour” joke book containing jokes, funny stories and anecdotes from cancer, that can help people to look at the brighter side of life

8) Organize a charity football match- DONE

9) Do a charity hitchhike visiting every Teenage Cancer Trust unit across the country

10) Write, record and release a charity single with my old band

11) Organize a charity gig – DONE

12) Go busking!- DONE

13) Persuade local schools to have a ‘get wiggy with it’ non uniform day- DONE

14) Charity quizzes at local pubs- DONE

15) Organize a charity ball- DONE

16) Host a charity ‘Come Dine With STE’ dinner party for friends- DONE

17) Organize and be part of a flash mob- DONE

18) Organize a gigantic game of musical chairs/pass the parcel/etc- DONE

19) Go to a carnival in Brazil.

20) Go to Wembley to see a football match- DONE

21) Go to Twickenham to see a rugby match- DONE

22) Fly somewhere first class- DONE

23) Get a tattoo- DONE

24) Drum in front of a huge crowd- DONE

25) Do some public speaking in front of a huge crowd of people- DONE

26) Go visit a famous waterfall

27) Throw a massive party for all my friends- DONE

28) Go on a ‘lads holiday’- DONE

29) Go to Australia

30) Hug an animal that is bigger than me- DONE

31) Ride a Segway- DONE

32) Go to a Skrillex concert

33) Go see a darts competition- DONE

34) Get my name into the Guinness World Book of Records somehow

35) Go to CERN in Switzerland- DONE

36) Meet Jimmy Carr- DONE

37) Go to another music festival- DONE

38) Find someone with more surgical scars than me (>47cm worth)- DONE

39) Star as an extra in a film or music video- DONE

40) Get Tim Minchin to write a song for me – DONE
41) Learn to juggle

42) Inspire someone else to become a doctor or fundraiser- DONE

43) Have my portrait drawn- DONE

44) Crowd surf in a rubber dingy at a gig- DONE

45) Try breathing in xenon or sulphur dioxid eand talking (has the opposite effect of helium)

46) Visit Machu Picchu in Peru

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