Hi my name is Zoe Greetham and i am 24yrs old. I am taking part in a tandem skydive on the 22nd/23rd of May as part of a team of over 60 people. I am doing the jump for a very close family member who has Cystic Fibrosis. I will be jumping from a plane at 12,500 ft to give the full extent of my plight to help this cause i have included my newpaper article below. This is a dreadful disease which as yet has no cure. Around half of the CF population can expect to live over 35 years, although improvements in treatment mean a baby born today could expect to live even longer. Also jumping in momory of those who have already lost their fight to this disease.
Ill relative's plight spurs Zoe on to do skydive
Published Date: 03 February 2010
On the weekend of May 23, she will travel with her partner and family to Langar Airfield, near Nottingham, to do a tandem skydive.
Cystic Fibrosis is a inherited condition which is not always noticeable by simply looking at a sufferer. Zoe's ill relative wishes to keep his condition secret.
He was diagnosed with the condition as a baby and has to make regular trips to a Nottingham hospital for treatment for up to three weeks at a time.
Zoe said: "It can be heart-wrenching when I see him really poorly. I can remember going to the hospital and leaving in tears.
"But you get used to it and look at life with a different perspective.
"Not a lot of people are aware about Cystic Fibrosis.
"About three people a week die from it and one in five babies are born with it.
"It means an awful lot to raise money to help researchers find a cure."
Although it will be her first skydive, and very first adrenaline sports experience, Zoe is not nervous - yet.
She said: "I'm alright at the minute while I'm geared up trying to raise as much money as I can.
"It will be nearer the time that I'll start dreading it. I've seen videos of other members of the group doing it and kept thinking, 'oh my God'."
Zoe came to sign up for the fund-raiser after a relative pointed out a Facebook group dedicated to it.
Jokingly, she said: "I thought I'd give it a go and signed up, and then thought 'what am I doing?'.
"I've never done anything like this before. I did the Race For Life, but was able to keep my feet firmly on the ground."
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