Kyle was diagnosed with osteosarcoma of his first rib, an aggressive form of primary bone cancer, in September 2022 at the age of 38.
Kyle had been struggling with ongoing pain in his upper chest for around 18 months prior to his formal diagnosis. Unfortunately, as is often the case with victims of bone cancer, he had been misdiagnosed repeatedly as having ongoing muscular injuries due to his active lifestyle.
By the time Kyle was diagnosed, his tumour had destroyed his first and second ribs, and had grown into his spine and lung making it inoperable.
Kyle was the baby boy in a large family, with four sisters and one older brother. He was deeply loved, doted on and adored by his siblings and parents alike.
One of the great loves of Kyle’s life was football; he played throughout his life and when his first son was born in 2012 he couldn’t wait to teach him how to play and cheer him on from the sidelines. Kyle was overjoyed when he was able to start taking his boy to watch his beloved Manchester United and this made his father and son dream come true.
Kyle met his wife Kate in 2015; they fell in love, moved in together and Kate gave birth to another boy in 2019. In 2021 with both of their boys watching on, they were married with promises of forever that were brutally cut short.
Throughout Kyle’s aggressive treatment and the horrendous effects of the disease on his body, he never once complained or bemoaned his situation. He stood tall, a true stalwart who persevered with an admirable determination and heroism few people could ever wish to achieve.
Unfortunately for Kyle and his loving family, his treatment, including a potentially life saving treatment in Austria courtesy of a huge fundraising effort by all who knew him, ultimately proved in vain in the face of such a devastating and aggressive form of cancer.
Knowing that his time was limited, Kyle expressed to Kate that he wanted his friends and family to continue to support Bone Cancer Research to find more humane treatments and ultimately a cure. He didn’t want another family to experience the heartbreaking reality of losing a parent or a child. The harsh reality is that despite Kyle's young age, he was much older than many plagued by the disease, with many children and teenagers continuing to suffer as well as their families.
Days before Kyle passed away, he was able to spend one last evening with all of his loving family in one room on holiday in Wales, something he hadn’t been able to do for the entirety of his treatment. Later that evening Kate rushed him into hospital and just two days later on 2nd September 2023 he went to join the stars.
In Kate’s words ‘to lose your best friend, soulmate and father of your children is painful beyond comprehension, to live on without him, to parent without him, experience all the joys the boys bring without him to share it with is something I want to help make sure no one else has to go through, Kyle was simply the best of all of us, the love of my life and the love of his friends and families lives too. We will love and miss him every day for the rest of our days’.
Kyle will always be remembered and celebrated and in his honour, to grant his wishes we have created this special fund to give him the legacy he deserves.
Friends and family have already raised over £15,000 for BCRT in his name, with his wife Kate raising over £9000 alone by completing the Great North Run in September 2024.
Kate, Kyle's wife
