David, my excellent brother, has a mystery disease. This fund is to help make it bugger off.

It began about four years ago: exhaustion, skin irritation, nausea. Recently he's had to leave his job and his flat, and move back home because of it.

Long NHS waiting periods for appointments, tests, and results, mean literally years have gone by and still no-one has a clue what's up, or how to fix it.

All dosh raised here will go to David, as a contribution to private treatment, specialist advice, and whatever he needs to get better.