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‘From Grief to Love’ is a book by Laurence Carter. He has kindly dedicated the proceeds of his book to Eve. He has shared his emotional journey with us, from the grief at the loss of his wife from cervical cancer to his healing through this epic 4,300-mile walk around the coast of England and Wales. 'In 1987, Laurence was working as an economist in Malawi. One day he walked into the office and saw this lovely woman in a bright yellow dress with curly black hair. Her name was Melitta and she was an agricultural economist. That day his life changed. He was smitten. They married, spent 28 years together and had three children Laurence says: “She was full of life. Vivacious, chatty, opinionated,” One day in October 2012, everything changed again. Melitta received the results of a cervical screening test which had been delayed several times. She had cervical cancer and needed emergency surgery. In July 2013, after months of gruelling therapy, she received more results: the cancer had spread. She was given 12-18 months to live. Melitta died in September 2015. She was just 53 years old. Laurence’s biggest regret is that he didn’t remind Melitta about her cervical screening test. She had reminded Laurence about his medical screenings. “She wasn’t that late,” he says, “about 3 or 4 months…but that was the difference between stage 3 and stage 4 cervical cancer.” In spring 2017, Laurence decided to walk around the coast of England and Wales. He started in June 2018 at Seaford, on the south coast, where his Mum came to wave him off. A year later, he arrived back at the same spot. You can read Laurence's story and purchase his book on our website: https://bit.ly/3ZSHAXh A huge thank you to Laurence for raising awareness and funds for the prevention and earlier diagnosis of gynaecological cancers. #CervicalCancer #Grief #Challenge #Book #EveAppeal #TheEveAppeal

  • Meet Laurence: In spring 2017, Laurence decided to walk around the coast of England and Wales. He set a clear goal: ‘to raise awareness that we can eliminate cervical cancer within a generation’.

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