Hi and thank you for visiting this page, let me tell you
about myself and the reason why I am running the London Marathon in 2019 for the Sense Charity.

Let me start with a quote from the Sense charity which
simply reads “No one should be isolated, left out or unable to fulfil their potential”.  I agree with statement 100% and here’s my story.

I was born in December 1972 exactly 1 week before Christmas day, I had the normal baby hearing tests and my mom was told I was in good and working order.  As I started to develop my mom noticed that I had a problem with my speech and that I could not talk
properly and I was taken to the doctor who quite simply and basically told my mom to stop being fussy and to stop comparing me to my older sister as all
children develop their speech at different speeds throughout their child growth.

My parents obviously still concerned about my speech also noticed that when we watched TV together I would edge closer to it so I could hear it.  So once again off we went to the doctor who repeated to my parents that I was fine and everything is going to be
ok just give it some time and I soon catch up. 
It was shortly afterwards that I started to develop ear infections which were of the wet kind, so once again I went to the doctors for a check-up and the doctor gave my parents some liquid drops for my ears to help clear the continuous ear infections.  These drops would work for so long and then the infection would come back.

My parents finally had a breakthrough with my hearing
problems which came in the shape of my form teacher in the Infants school who requested
that my parents should call into school so she could have a chat about “Stewart’s life in the Infants School” and then my parents were told that I was having problems hearing in class.  This came as some relief to my parents as all this time the doctor would not refer me and kept telling my parents that I was “OK”!!!.   So, my parents requested if an observation could
be done by the teacher in writing so that my mom had further evidence to show the doctor of what she already suspected and that she was not just being a
“fussy” mother.

Finally following a consultation with my GP a referral was done I was seen by an ENT consultant who confirmed that I did have a problem with my ears and due to the continuous ear infections being treated by liquid drops instead of a powder formula that my ear drums were permanently damaged and when
they looked at them they basically looked like the moon’s surface (full of holes).

I then started to have numerous operations on my ears to help correct this issue but with the damage sustained by the ear drops my hearing never improved and it was decided that no more could be done and that I was to be given a hearing aid.

So If you have read these opening paragraphs and would like to read some more then I please encourage you to click-on or paste the link below into your browser which will link to my blog and continue reading as the next couple of paragraphs emphasises what the Sense charity is about and how they relate to me as an individual.

So please if would like to help me reach my 2019 London Marathon target for the Sense Charity it would be gratefully received and your money will help people young and old overcome some of the challenges they face in life just to exist in a “normal” world which we all know this world is not normal and if it were it would be boring.

Please feel free to share this donation page and help me achieve my target and some…

Thank you

Stewart Kibble

https://stewartsoffrunningagain.blogspot.com