September is Vascular Awareness Month and the Circulation Foundation are running #TheBodyWalk as a national campaign to raise awareness of vascular disease and imperative funding. By increasing awareness and raising funds, the Circulation Foundation are able to continue supporting patients to live their best lives whilst having to cope with serious circulatory diseases. Although these diseases affect 40% of the population, they are not well known by most people. I am joining the challenge to collectively walk the 60,000 miles of the Arterial Tree.

As many of our family and friends know we lost our beloved Nan/Mam Valerie in January this year. Val was suffering for a long time before we knew she had a problem with her vascular system and in turn this turned out to be a problem with her peripheral arteries, this completely changed her life and in the end became house bound and eventually bed bound in hospital before we lost her in January.