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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Last year I ran the Marathon de Paris and with your help, Paul and I raised over 30k for Crohn's and Colitis UK. This year we're back and I'll be running the London Marathon whilst Paul has his feet up - again!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">But for those of you who are unaware, Paul has suffered from Crohn's for the last 15 years and has had four major operations, although now he is in remission. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Although anecdotally it was the broken ankle he suffered in a Lotus Elise when he crashed head on with a Lorry at Old St roundabout that prevents him running a marathon, given he has a slightly shorter leg now and he tells me he'd run in a circle.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Crohn's Disease</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It affects approximately 60,000 people in the UK, that’s about 1 in 1000</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Between 3,000 and 6,000 new cases are diagnosed each year</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Research shows that the number of people with Crohn’s Disease has been rising steadily, particularly among young people.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">That’s just for starters. Once the disease really gets going, these are <strong>some</strong> of the things the patient can look forward to:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 42pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Abscesses </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">There are <strong>over 100</strong> ailments associated with Crohn’s such as osteoporosis, arthritis, cancer, mouth and eye inflammation, gallstones and erythema nodosum (painful inflammation / ulceration of the skin).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">So thanks for visiting our new fundraising page.<br><br>Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor me: NACC gets your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.<br><br>Please sponsor!</span></p>
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