Blantyre woman battling cervical cancer raises £5600 for the Beatson Charity and St Andrew’s Hospice

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A Blantyre woman diagnosed with cervical cancer has raised £5600 for two charities helping her through her illness. Karen Alexis Muir found out she had stage 2B cervical cancer on August 23 of last year and since then has completed her chemo/radio/brachytherapy.Throughout her journey, she has been looked after by the Beatson Charity and St Andrew’s Hospice.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android To show how grateful she is, the 48-year-old staged a fundraiser on Sunday, May 5, in St Joseph’s Parish Hall, with the target of raising £2000.However, the bar officer at a Glasgow East End police station smashed her goal, raising over £5600.Karen spoke to Lanarkshire Live about surpassing her fundraising aim, and said: “It was a roaring success.

I was so shocked at how generous people were and the amount that turned up in their droves being so generous with their money.

I couldn’t believe it.“We managed to raise just over £5600, so we absolutely blew our target out of the water. It definitely surpassed expectations.“Everybody just had a ball.