Story
<p><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: #333399; font-size: 11.5pt;">I have two lives. </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Life 1</span></strong><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: red; font-size: 11.5pt;">- This lasted 38 years of which the last ten years were in end stage heart failure. Towards the end of that life, the simple task of making a cup of tea and bringing it back to the living room made me so tired that I sometimes fell asleep before drinking it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: #33cccc; font-size: 11.5pt;">Then on 31st July 2009, the kindness of a complete stranger and her family, combined with the expert skills at Papworth Hospital gave me a chance of a new life - life number two. My heart transplant was a complete success and many staff at Papworth Hospital have been, and still are, responsible for life number two; my incredible new life.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Life 2 </span></span></strong><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: green; font-size: 11.5pt;">- In two and a half years I have returned to work, walked two marathons, climbed plenty of hills, cliffs and mountains, danced the night away many times, made endless cups of tea and drank them all, bounced up and down in the front row of gigs and last year I completed a 100 mile walk</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: green; font-size: 11.5pt;">The difference is truly amazing.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: purple; font-size: 11.5pt;">I watched the very first London Marathon knowing I would never be able to do it myself and envied all those who could. Now, in my second life, I'm learning how to run and am about to make my (almost) lifelong dream come true by running in the 2012 London Marathon. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: purple; font-size: 11.5pt;">Please help me along the 26.2 miles by sponsoring me for Papworth Hospital Charity - a place where their care and expertise really does save lives.</span></p>
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