It has all begun...

[staceyrudd]

Dear all,

I have had such a fantastic response to ‘my blog’, which is still strange because I few weeks ago I didn’t even know what a Blog was!

Your responses and kind offers of help have really pushed me into continuing to raise money for Tourettes Action. I have signed up to do the Tough Mudder event in Cheshire in early November this year. It is a long way off but I think every minute is needed to prepare me for this challenge. I will be doing other challenges during the year to help me prepare for this including Hell Runner, The Warrior Dash and any other 5 or 10K run in the area. I have managed to rope in six others up to now to do this challenge with me and we have called ourselves the ‘Toughest Tic’ers.’

Your support would help Tourettes Action continue its great work and as in our situation fill the void where the NHS failed... Great Ormond Street Hospital being the exception of course. Tourettes Action made the suggestion of going away when my daughter Charlie was first diagmosed, which has been invaluable because we live, sleep and breath Tourettes. It is exhausting and sometimes I feel like a PA to my daughter and her condition. Getting away helped our family relationships, by allowing us to forget every day life for a while and build Charlie's confidence and self-esteem. Tourettes Action also paid for this as they offer grants up to £500 for every Tourettes sufferer. The money has to be used to enhance their lives and it certainly did that. We are now regular visitors to Centre Parcs thanks to the genorosity shown by Tourettes Action.

Another amazing thing the Charity does is to be the middle ground between Tourettes sufferers and researchers. The Tourettes Action website shows visitors all the research that is going on and individuals can take part if they so please. To be honest the list is endless and they deserve all the funding and the support they can get.

This event isn’t only to raise money, but to increase awareness and I would really love for you to pass this on to whom ever you feel can help. I am looking forward to the year ahead for the challenges it brings and I am really excited if you could all join me on helping Tourettes become more of a recognised condition with a lot more understanding.

Please take a look at my page justgiving.com/Stacey-Rudd1 and if you can please help me raise some money for this wonderful charity.

[catherinem]

Rather you than me, me and mud don't get on very well together! Good luck, I will sponsor you soon when I have a bit more cash. Some people have raised quite a bit, my consultant and his collegue raised over £1k for TA - tourettes-action.healthunlo...

[staceyrudd]

Thank you so much, that would be great. If you could also spread the word too, and in return I will let everyone know my progress in the build up to the event in November.