Christine Armstrong
Christine's A Walk at the Edge the Empire
Fundraising for Meniere's Society
Story
My plan to do a 16 mile “Edge Walk,” a coastal cliff-top walk from Seaham to Hartlepool has had to change due to the new restrictions imposed by the local lockdown in Northumberland. That walk would have involved using public transport and the new restrictions ask us to use public transport only for essential travel, like going to work. SO, we are now doing a walk from our home in Stocksfield, Northumberland to Hadrian’s Wall, with some walking along the line of the Wall, and coming back via Halton and Aydon castle, again it will be 16 miles. I trust that the people who have already sponsored me will understand, I thought this was better than postponing as my health is good just now. This walk will take place for the Ménière’s Society, on Wednesday 23rd September.
Many of you will know that I have Ménière’s Disease – which, while not life threatening is life changing: it disrupts normal life and can be very debilitating. The disease is progressive and there is no cure. Simple things I once took for granted can trigger symptoms, e.g. scrolling on the computer, walking by moving traffic, Christmas flashing lights, using my sewing machine, and in lockdown using zoom/skype. It can also strike suddenly in the middle of the night, disrupting sleep in a very distressing way.
Eighteen months ago I thought my walking days were over; I could not have contemplated this walk as frequent and severe attacks had made me phobic of going out. The Ménière’s Society was a massive help to me personally, as it has been to the many people with balance disorders who they support. The Ménière’s Society has no government funding, and while they fund research, all funding comes from individuals.
Finally, my husband, who is also a big support is helping me with planning the walk, and will be walking with me to help support me on the walk and The Ménière’s Society by doing that.
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