A Lanarkshire woman who has lost three members of her family to the same type of brain tumour will lead a Walk of Hope in a bid to find a cure for the disease.Claire Cordiner’s 18-year-old nephew Max Jones, from East Kilbride, died last month of glioblastoma (GBM) and on Friday was laid to rest.
At odds of one in a billion, his tragic death follows Claire also losing her mum and her sister a year apart. Claire’s mum, Margaret O’Kane, 67, from Wishaw, died in October 2008 and her youngest sister, Angie Jones, from East Kilbride, passed away in December 2009, when she was just 36.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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The Walk of Hope at Chatelherault Country Park in Hamilton on Saturday, September 30 will raise vital funds to help find a cure for the disease, and she is calling on others to join her.Claire, 55, who hails from Wishaw but lives in Edinburgh, said: “Brain tumours have absolutely devastated our family.
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