Welcome to my page, Happy  to see you, please take the time to read the page.

Well that went great, I'm back safe and sound and the trip was awesome.

Thanks to all for the support so far.  Now I really need your help to reach my target. With gift aid and all the pledges collected I still need about  £1000 to reach my target. Please ask a friend to donate. Every penny matters.

 

The Itinery for the trek is available at  https://www.charitychallenge.com/pdf/Trek_to_Machu_Picchu_Itinerary_2011.pdf

I was diagnosed with Parkinsons's in April 2007. I would much appreciate your support in raising much needed funding for Parkinson's research.  I will be treking to Machu Picchu in Peru in May 2011and I am hoping to raise at £7874.   Machu Picchu is 7874 ft above sea level, please help me climb to this height.

Parkinson's is a progressive neurological condition.

One person in every 500 has Parkinson's. That's about 120,000 people in the UK.

Most people who get Parkinson's are aged 50 or over but younger people can get it too. One in 20 is under the age of 40.

People with Parkinson's don't have enough of a chemical called dopamine because some nerve cells in their brain have died.

Without dopamine people can find that their movements become slower so it takes longer to do things.

The loss of nerve cells in the brain causes the symptoms of Parkinson's to appear.

There's currently no cure for Parkinson's and we don't yet know why people get the condition.

Parkinson's doesn't directly cause people to die, but symptoms do get worse over time.

Parkinson's symptoms

The main symptoms of Parkinson's are tremor, rigidity and slowness of movement.

As well as affecting movement, people with Parkinson's can find that other issues, such as tiredness, pain, depression and constipation, can have an impact on their day-to-day lives.

The symptoms someone has and how quickly the condition develops will differ from one person to the next.

Our signs and symptoms of Parkinson's section will tell you more.

The symptoms can be controlled using a combination of drugs, therapies and occasionally surgery.

As Parkinson's progresses, an increased amount of care and support may be required, although many people maintain a good quality of life with limited care or treatment.

We fund research into finding better treatments and ways to improve the quality of life for people with Parkinson's. As the UK's Parkinson's support and research charity we're leading the work to find a cure.

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