Fundraiser to help pay off mortgage of Lanarkshire mum battling cancer for the third time

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A close friend of an Airdrie mum battling cancer for the third time has organised a fundraiser in the hope of paying off her mortgage and provide a forever home for her two children.Having previously fought it in 2017, Kelly McFadyen was dealt the ultimate blow back in 2019 when medics discovered her squamous cell carsanoma - a very rare anal canal cancer - had returned.Last year, Kelly was then told she had developed terminal cancer of the pelvis, a slow growing tumour that is progressively eating away at the nerves in her leg.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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