One is a north-east businessman with a gallus streak and a determination to raise funds for a cancer charity. The other is a nurse, a stalwart quine of the NHS who has spent the last 50 years at the heart of that cherished organisation in the north-east. Together, they have created an enduring friendship that started during a very stressful period.
Back in 2018, after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, Kenny Anderson found himself in a bed at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, receiving help from the doctors and specialist nurses. But he wasn’t taking his cancer lying down..
. in fact, his ambition was to become well enough to allow him to go skiing in France the following month. And Linda Pennet was one of the staff who talked him through the various medical procedures and put his mind at ease about what was happening Not that she approved of him going on the piste, of course.
As Linda recalled: “Kenny wanted the messages loud and clear. He said to me: ‘I have two big lugs and one mouth, the lugs are open, but the mouth is shut. “Where I’m from in Banffshire, that’s what we do – listen first and there’s plenty of time for questions later.
’ “I didn’t think he should have gone skiing six weeks after his operation, but he managed, so he must have done what he was told with the exercises.” At which point, they laughed. And it was clear that this UCAN place is pretty special.
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