Walk with Lucy

[Kaarina]

To coincide with International RLS Day on 23 September Lucy Hoekstra, who lives in the Netherlands, has lived with RLS for many years, during which she says she has encountered ignorance from doctors and the public at large about the condition.

Fed up, she decided to do something about it and has committed to raise awareness by walking no less than 573 kilometers over 26 days from late August until mid-September. Lucy is completing the walk as part of the #brainlifegoal initiative launched by the European Federation of Neurological Associations (EFNA).

On 28 August Lucy will begin walking through the northern part of The Netherlands and Germany and she will finish in Krusbjerg, Denmark, on September 23rd – International RLS Day.

In her own words, Lucy wants "the world to learn about Restless Legs Syndrome".

Should you wish to learn more about the walk she is undertaking, commencing on 28 August, please visit walkwithlucy.com or follow her on her FB page facebook.com/ineintsjeom/?_...

[Parminter]

Good for her! She is right, the only way we can overcome this terrifying and very harmful ignorance is to get up and do something.

Lucy, you go Girl.

[Kaarina Administrator in reply to Parminter]

Thank you for supporting Lucy. I totally agree with you.

If you can write a message of support on her FB page or her website I am sure she will be delighted to hear from you.

[Parminter in reply to Kaarina]

I have already done so.

If we all did something like her, RLS-ignorance would be blown away in a week.

[Kaarina Administrator in reply to Parminter]

Thank you, Parminter. Power to Lucy! She is a star!

[LotteM]

Thanks for posting this Kaarina. A great initiative. Her aim is amonst others to attract loads of attention from all kinds of media. Thus: spread the word!

Go, Lucy, go!

[Kaarina Administrator in reply to LotteM]

I am doing my best, Lotte! If you can send Lucy some words of encouragement that would be brilliant! Thank you for replying. I hoped that you might.

[Jumpey]

Go Lucy!Brilliant.x

[Kaarina Administrator in reply to Jumpey]

If you can write a similar message of support on her FB page or her website, Jumpey, I am sure she will be delighted to hear from you.

[Jumpey in reply to Kaarina]

Already done.x

[Kaarina Administrator in reply to Jumpey]

Thank you Jumpey.

[Kaarina Administrator]

Only five more sleeps until the big day for Lucy. Please send her a message of support either via walkwithlucy,.com or walkwithlucy.com/

Lucy is doing this walk for all of us, to raise awareness of RLS.

[Kaarina Administrator]

Lucy is on Day 2 of the walk, raising awareness of RLS.

If you are able to support her with a few words of encouragement I am sure she will be most happy to read them. Wouldn't you, if you had committed to do something like this to help other RLS sufferers? Links at beginning of this thread.