THE son of a woman who has battled bowel cancer hopes to show that courage runs in the family during a charity skydive.

Teacher Aidan Moss, son of Barbara Moss who was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer but survived against the odds, will take part in a skydive to raise money for Bowel Cancer UK.

Mrs Moss, aged 57, of Aconbury Close, Worcester, was given three months to live five years ago but survived thanks to the drug Avastin which she had to pay for privately because it was not available on the NHS. She cashed in her own pension and her elderly mother’s life savings for the £21,000 treatment.

Mr Moss, 25, of Worcester, a science teacher at Tudor Grange Academy, said: “The doctors said there was no chance of an operation to remove the tumour due to its advanced stage, and we started to prepare for the worst.

“Five years on, and my mum is still here. She has been off any form of treatment for two years now and is currently in remission. We have been told the cancer will return at some stage, but I have a feeling she’s not going to accept that lightly. She can be a bit feisty. She has also recently been made Bowel Cancer UK’s patient ambassador, something I’m sure she’ll thrive at if past experience is anything to go by.”

Mr Moss added: “When I heard about it I was absolutely distraught. I collapsed into my mum’s arms and just started crying. It is such a fantastic change to see what she has been through and the way she is now. It brought us all closer together. We have always been quite a close family but when something like that happens you realise how much other people mean to you.”

Mr Moss hopes to complete the skydive on Tuesday, April 3, during Bowel Cancer Awareness Month.

To support him, visit justgiving.com/Aidan-Moss.