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I am swimming in memory of my brother, Jon Kedward, who had Huntington's disease. He had a hard life and a very hard death.

Huntington’s disease, is an hereditary disorder of the central nervous system. Huntington’s disease usually develops in adulthood and can cause a very wide range of symptoms. It affects both men and women

Each person whose parent has Huntington’s disease is born with a 50:50 chanceof inheriting the faulty gene. Anyone who inherits the faulty gene will, at some stage, develop the disease.As yet, despite research looking hopeful, there is no cure for this disease.

 Before Christmas I could swim two lengths without stopping, which I was pretty pleased about, now I am proposing to join a one-mile outdoor swim taking place in Alton Water reservoir, near Ipswich, Suffolk. Enabled by swimming lessons and cheered on by my family. So far, I have swallowed a lot of water and grown muscles in places where they have never been before.

So please dig deep and support me, in Britain there are very few facilities for people with living withHuntington's disease and their carers and families need a lot of support.

My thanks to you all.