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Rachel wants to walk again!

As most of you know, I have Multiple Sclerosis, which in the last 7 years has taken me from tap dancing and cart-wheeling on stage to full-time wheelchair user.
I was diagnosed in 2011 following a second episode of double vision (inter-nuclear opthalmoplegia to give it its official name). This was closely followed by numbness in my legs and half my face and explained the odd episodes of drop foot, weak knees and altered sensations I'd experienced over the previous few years.  Following nearly a year of sick leave and a failed attempt to return to work as a physiotherapist I was retired 'due to ill health' in 2012, at the grand 'old' age of 39! In spite of diet and lifestyle changes my condition has deteriorated since then, progressing from one crutch to two to wheelchair.

I'M FED UP!

So I'm taking the 'drastic/brave/logical' decision to travel to Belgrade, (in Serbia for those wondering where that is) for MSCT, mesenchymal stem cell treatment. The hope is to get back on my feet and improve my speech. It will require a lot of hard work and physio but combined with OMS (https://overcomingms.org/) things should improve.

The 'catch'?  It's going to cost just shy of £22,000. Plus I'll need about £1500 for other expenses for the main clinic visit (flights, my husband's hotel stay, etc). And I'll need to return to Belgrade for follow-ups after three months and six months, at a cost of about £750 each trip. That brings the total cost to just about £25,000.

My Mum has offered a large amount of the money (advance inheritance) but I don't want to depend on her for it.  We all know money doesn't grow on trees (more's the pity) so I'm asking for your help fundraising.  

Double 'catch', SwissMedica have offered me a slot for the 12 day procedure starting 8th May, two and a half weeks away!

So it's skates/trainers/ovens on please and help me reach my target.

Any contribution gratefully received.

Thank you.

Donations 

  • Vic Shortt
    • £35 
    • 6 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • £200 (Offline)
    • 7 yrs
  • Dawn Craft
    • £20 (Offline)
    • 7 yrs

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Rachel Coffey-Brittain
Organizer

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