This is a hard update to post

As most of you know I've had melanoma for the past three-and-a-half years. I've been doing well, particularly with the new drug immunotherapy trials (which managed to kill all of my chest tumours). However, I've been told that my brain tumours have multiplied and are very aggressive.

Unfortunately, my doctors say that I have 6-10 weeks left to live. Six months would be a miracle.

Obviously this has made me focus on spending as much time as I can with family and friends, which explains my absence online recently. It also means I won't have much time to dedicate to my online life going forward. But if I can I will try to respond to everyone's comments, well-wishes, posts, etc, but please know in advance that I appreciate and care about every single one of you and everything you've done for me and my family over the last few years.

Which brings me to @LegoSurfRescue. I think everyone gets why this project has become so important to me and Aiden. The proposed set is meant to:

raise awareness of the skin cancer "epidemic" in Australia;

encourage kids to be #SunSmart;

raise awareness of beach safety;

honour and raise the profile of the Surf Life Saving Association Australia and their members;

add a dinky-di, true blue, Aussie set to the Lego universe; and

show Aiden how to take a small idea he thought of on the floor of his bedroom and turn it into a reality.

We currently have approx. 3,000 votes. We still need 7,000 votes to reach the 10,000 mark that the Lego Ideas sites requires.

If you would indulge me, and I can't believe I'm writing this, I have one dying wish: to reach the 10,000 votes and have Lego at least consider building the set.

If each person who has voted for @LegoSurfRescue so far got 2 or 3 friends, family, far-flung relatives, school friends, work colleagues, strangers, Aussies with a heart, to vote, we would reach 10,000 in a week. Click above to vote, please!

I appreciate that in these times it is very annoying to have to sign up to one more website HOWEVER voting is literally free and I'm convinced that if the set is made it will save lives in the future.

So please vote, please ask everyone you know to vote, please ask everyone you don't know to vote! Share this post on Facebook and Twitter, share with journos, influencers, celebs, master builders, Lego bloggers, anyone that can help push the word out there. And please also take the time in real life to mention it and vote.

If I sound kinda desperate, I am. It's also a lot to burden everyone with but I'm dying and feel a little self-indulgent.

Thank you in advance. I'll check in with everyone when I can.

PS: One additional favour. We have been advised not to tell Aiden just yet (we're waiting till we have a more defined timeline). So I'd ask that any family and friends please not discuss this with him. Thank you.

Damien MacRae