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Hello everyone at PKB and friends of PKB. This year we have decided to choose a charity to sponsor. Invest in ME's Rituximab trial is a ray of hope for so many people that are suffering with ME. What is ME? Myalgic Encephalopathy (ME): All types of people at all ages are affected. Severe and debilitating fatigue, painful muscles and joints, disordered sleep, gastric disturbances, poor memory and concentration are commonplace. In many cases, onset is linked to a viral infection. Other triggers may include an operation or an accident, although some people experience a slow, insidious onset.

In some the effects may be minimal but in a large number, lives are changed drastically: in the young, schooling and higher education can be severely disrupted; in the working population, employment becomes impossible for many. For all, social life and family life become restricted and in some cases severely strained. People may be housebound or confined to bed for months or years.

The money will go to the Rituximab Trial

In Norway 2 oncologists accidently discovered that whilst treating an ME sufferer for cancer with Rituximab she was cured of ME. So they set about to research these further and very positive results have led to lots of interest in replicating this study.

 

 The total funding requirement for this trial will be refined as we present more details of the project and as the project progresses. An initial target was set at £150,000. As more work has been performed on scoping the trial then this has been adjusted to be between £300-400,000.

Since May 2013 £259.000 has been raised!!!

PKB has committed to raising £1,000 we would appreciate if you could donate any amount to help us acieve this target (at least:))

You can also help here: ablueribbon.wordpress.com and http://ldifme.org/raise-funds-for-free/