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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I was diagnosed with </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Behçet’s<span style="color: black;"> in 2010, however have been suffering with the symptoms for about 9 years. It has taken many years to reach a diagnoses and I am now finally receiving specific treatment to enable me to lead a normal life.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Although Behçet’s disease is incurable at present, incurable does not mean untreatable. There are several ways in which the immune system can be suppressed to an appropriate level to reduce the extra inflammation, and this suppresses the symptoms.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This is why your donations are so important. Further investment needs to be made for research into genetic reasons for Behçet’s, what causes it and how it can best be tackled. Your donations will also go towards f</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">unding specialist centres to which Behçet's patients can go to be seen by the various consultants in one place, thus avoiding many journeys, multiple appointments and receiving the treatment needed.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I having being attending the Behçet’s clinic at Royal London Hospital for just over a year and my health has already made great progress and flare-ups are milder with my personal medical plan and the help of the great team.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What is Behçet’s?</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Behçet’s syndrome (sometimes known as Behçet’s disease) is a chronic condition caused by disturbances in the body’s immune system. Although Behçet’s disease can affect people of any age, it most commonly affects those between the ages of 20 and 40. Common symptoms include mouth ulcers, aches and pains, eye inflammation and arthritis. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Skydive</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As you probably are already aware I am terrified of heights so I thought there is no better way to demonstrate my commitment to this great cause then facing my fear and doing a skydive!! Bobby has kindly offered to undertake this challenge with me.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So on Sunday 21th August myself and Bobby will be jumping out of a plane. I am not sure if I thought this one through </span></strong><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page; your donations are very much appreciated.</span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So please dig deep and donate now.</span></p>
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