2 WEEKS TO GO! before we set out on our Coast2Coast challenge - May 14: 14 days, 14 miles per day!!
After a fantastic start to April, training in the beautiful North Yorkshire Moors in fabulous weather, minor niggles have interrupted my training and doubts are creeping in. I need to remember why I’m doing this!!
- I have met some truly amazing people from the Parkinson’s community since my diagnosis - some are amongst the 150,000+ sufferers, some are carers. There is no cure for this condition and that makes it a life sentence not only for us, but also for all of those who live with, love and look after us.
- I live under the shadow of Parkinson’s on a daily basis. You don’t die from Parkinson’s you die with it which makes it the poor relation in terms of research funding - the main drug I am taking today was developed back in the 1970’s.
I want to say an enormous ‘thank you’ to those who have already supported us. Asking for money is difficult - but I’m going to persevere because that is what we need to fund research! Please share my message and link with anyone you feel may be touched by this appeal - spread the word xx
Everyone deals with Parkinson’s in their own way, but five years on from my diagnosis it’s beginning to get personal as I see the effect it has on friends and acquaintances. I know that what we all need is some hope that a cure can be found - please help me provide hope.
Thank you!! I couldn’t do this without you.
Our story:
Three years older - but obviously not three years wiser - as we are preparing for our next long distance walk, Wainwright's Coast to Coast. This is undoubtedly our biggest challenge yet, and we are all a little nervous as to the enormity of the task.
But we are doing it for a great cause - to help cure Parkinson's!
Parkinson’s is the fastest growing neurological condition in the world and there is no cure....yet. It affects not only the 150,000+ people in the UK who are living with Parkinson’s, but also those that live with, love or look after them. The frightening thing about it is knowing you can't get better - and wondering how many of the 40+ symptoms are going to hit you, when, or how severely. We all need hope that one day there will be a cure.
I was diagnosed 5 years ago at the beginning of lockdown. My consultant told me to ‘keep moving’ in order to stave off the effects of the condition, and that’s exactly what I’ve been doing. I am one of the lucky ones - so far - my medication works and I have been able to keep walking. But who knows what is round the corner? More research is desperately needed to better understand and ultimately find a cure for this condition. I have met so many fantastic and inspirational people over the past five years from the Parkinson's community - PLEASE HELP US PROVIDE HOPE.
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