Dale was at the top of his game. Literally.
A six foot 3, rugby playing, in-demand career-smashing, fiercely intelligent man with unlimited prospects. The hours were madness and the workload immense but it was all about the future.
And that was on top of having an incredible, wonderful partner and two small children under five.
A family of love in those fabulous years when families slowly build, grow and enjoy new discoveries together every single day.
It would be difficult to better this in many ways.
And then life took hold. Out of nowhere, unwelcome, unannounced, it came with sheer vindictiveness. In Dale's case it had been strongly hinting for some time that it had earmarked him for challenges that would break most people in days. Creeping up, its intentions unidentified.
And then it happened. And it happened with a speed and force the rest of us could never comprehend. Dale’s partner, diagnosed with cancer. Dale is diagnosed. His mum dies. And this happens in a matter of weeks.
The race was on to consume as much information, research, knowledge and science as possible, as quickly as possible. Hundreds upon hundreds of documents, trials and errors.
This is Dale Atkinson’s story…
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