My name is Anita and I have ME/Chronic Fatigue. I used to be a very active lady back in the day! I had 13 half marathons under my belt, my chosen charity was Children's Cancer and i was going great guns; raising as much as i could. My contribution to the human race i used to call it!
I ran the London Marathon in 2001 for a little girl called Anna Townsend, who suffers from Autism, it went really well. Unfortunately 2 years later I was diagnosed with ME...This is an invisible illness and waking up with Flu symptoms and a blinding hangover everyday is not fun!
So now unfortunately I need some help from the human race too.

I have reached the stage, where I just can not cope with the illness anymore. I still manage to work part time; I am not sure how? It's like running my own personal marathon every day, I get to the starting line at 6.30 am and manage to get to the finishing line exhausted at 2.pm and I have not moved an inch from my desk!
I manage to function in a haze of drunkenness and exhaustion, sometimes hysteria! My friends just think I'm nuts!
I do have dark thoughts, as each day is a struggle and after 15 years, I can't see a way out, so I need your help.
You are literally investing in me, trying to help others. I am respectfully asking you to crowdfund me into semi retirement; the only break I get from my symptoms is when I am out of the adrenaline fuelled workplace.

I want to run a 'not for profit project'to support people with ME and Fibromyalgia. I am going to offer an Holistic approach, as I feel I know this disease best !! Sufferers benefit greatly from a Mood Enhancer, it helps with depression and fatigue. Just being with others who do not judge and understand makes a lot of difference.
I am a qualified Florist and have qualifications in Art and Design and craft. Just a little help and I want to make a comfortable annex where sufferers can come to receive therapies and heal. Another chance for me to help and I would be delighted xx