Kilimanjaro challenge

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Billy Haggerty is preparing to scale Kilimanjaro to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Care charity, after he was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer.

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00:00Hi, my name's Billy Haggerty. I was recently diagnosed with stage 2 prostate cancer.

00:09After getting over the initial shock of the results, I decided I'd try and do something positive,

00:16try and raise awareness to the advantages of early testing,

00:22because that's how I found out through an Army friend who had been diagnosed and advised me.

00:28I had no symptoms, nothing at all, and I just thought I was going to go for a check-up, but unfortunately it was positive.

00:35So with that news, after informing family and friends, I decided I'd like to try something positive,

00:44to do something and try and raise awareness to testing.

00:49So I've put myself forward for the Kilimanjaro Challenge,

00:53which is walking up over seven days up to the summit in Kilimanjaro.

00:58In the process, I'm trying to raise £3,650 towards Macmillan Cancer Care,

01:04who have been quite a steady rock for me, giving me quite a lot of information.

01:10I recently made a Just Giving page, which, after a week, I was really amazed at all the kind words

01:19and the generous, really generous donations.

01:22I'm really thankful for everybody who's done it, and if you could see it in yourself,

01:26to possibly have a look at my page and donate whatever you can.

01:31I think it's a worthwhile cause.

01:33I just hope I can get to the top without any repercussions and do Wigan proud.

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