Last updated at 6:33 PM on 9th June 2011
- Prime Minister David Cameron backs Alice Pyne's bone marrow aim
An inspirational teenage girl has created a 'bucket list' after being told that she has terminal cancer.
Alice Pyne, 15, suffers Hodgkin's Lymphoma and has created a website to update followers about her progress.
The teenager, who lives with younger sister Milly and parents Vicky and Simon, has a list of wishes which range from meeting Take That to staying in a caravan.
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Friends: 15-year-old cancer sufferer Alice Pyne with her pet Labrador Mabel Alice suffers Hodgkin's Lymphoma and has created a website to update followers about her progress
Fighter: Alice celebrating her 15th birthday and looking through cards from well-wishers on her bed
Her family are working towards helping her achieve all her goals before cancer claims her life.
The courageous youngster speaks frankly about her illness on her blog www.alicepyne.blogspot.com and has over 1,000 followers, including This Morning presenter Philip Schofield.
Alice was diagnosed with cancer just over three years ago and has undergone extensive chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments.
She also received a stem cell transplant where her own treated cells were used, but treatment was not effective.
Last year more than 1,000 people signed up to see if they could donate bone marrow to Alice, along with help from the Anthony Nolan Trust, but in October a scan showed there were no more curative treatment options.
Brave Alice - who lists her occupation as a 'full-time cancer fighter' says on her blog: 'I'm 15 and I have terminal cancer. I've created a bucket list because there are so many things I still want to do in my life ... some are possible, some will remain a dream.
'My blog is to document this precious time with my family and friends, doing the things I want to do. You only have one life ... live it!'
'It's a bit funny me doing a blog because mum has always done these sort of things and I've never really being interested before.
'Most of you know that my scan at Alder Hey wasn't very good and that the cancer is now spreading through my body.
'It's a pain because there's so much stuff that I still want to do.
'I guess that my particular cancer is made of strong stuff (which is hard because I know I gave it my all and I'm strong and determined too).
'Anyway, mum always tells me that life is what we make of it and so I'm going to make the best of what I have and because there were so many things I still wanted to do, mum suggested that I turn my ideas into a bucket list.
I've not quite finished it yet, as I keep remembering other bits, so I might add things to is as I go along.
Wishes: Alice with her younger sister Milly and mother Vicky. She has a list of wishes which range from meeting Take That to staying in a caravan
Support: Alice Pyne (left) , with parents Simon and Vicky and her sister Milly. Alice was diagnosed with cancer just over three years ago and has undergone extensive chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments
'I'm not expecting to do everything on it. Some of the things are just not going to happen because I can't even leave the country now (I'm too much of a risk), but they're on there, because they were on my 'to do' list at some point.
'So, I thought it would be fun to have my list online and to tick things off and do a little update on everything I do.
Full-time cancer fighter: An extract from Alice's blog which is now attracting thousands of followers
'If anyone has suggestions, please let mum or dad know because they don't know how to do all of it yet. They're working on it!
One of Alice's main goals is to encourage people to sign up to the bone marrow register.
On her blog she dispels the myth that it hurts to have the procedure done.
She said: 'I read on someone's post that it is really painful. Well, mostly bone marrow is taken as cells via a needle and I have had it done.
'I was 13 when I had my first transplant and because they used my own cells, I had to have them taken out (they call it harvested) and then stored and put back in some months later after more chemo.
'I'm not just saying this, but it really didn't hurt at all. I had a tiny bruise from the needles and that was about it. I was a bit tired too but I'm always tired so that may not have been the cells.'
Backing: Prime Minister David Cameron said he would work to help boost the numbers of bone marrow donors
A friend told MailOnline: 'Alice and her family have campaigned tirelessly to increase the number of people registered as bone marrow donors and I know that Alice derives a great deal of comfort from the fact that she has, in all likelihood, been instrumental in helping to find donors for other people with life threatening conditions.'
Prime Minister David Cameron has also pledged his support for Alice's bone marrow donor aim after Barrow Labour MP John Woodcock asked him to work with him to address why too few people are on the life saving register during Question Time in the House of Commons.
In response Mr Cameron said: 'I will certainly do that and I am very sorry to hear about the situation facing Alice and what she is going through.
'Our thoughts go out to her and her parents. She sounds like a very brave and very admirable person.
'We do want to get as many people as possible on to the bone marrow register and I'm sure the Leader of the Opposition and I can discuss this.'
To find out more about donating your blood marrow see nhsbt.nhs.uk/bonemarrow
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