Cystic Fibrosis

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Hi guys,

I don't usually ask for much, however if you have any spare change and can donate to this page, even if it is even just £1 it would be much appreciated.

http://www.justgiving.com/Madison-Parris

The money will go to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust:

What is Cystic Fibrosis?
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is one of the UK's most common life-threatening inherited diseases.
It is caused by a faulty gene that controls the movement of salt and water in and out of the cells within the body.
Cystic Fibrosis affects the internal organs, especially the lungs and digestive system, by clogging them with thick sticky mucus. This makes it hard to breathe and digest food.
Over 9,000 people in the UK have Cystic Fibrosis.
If two carriers have a child, the baby has a 1 in 4 chance of having Cystic Fibrosis.
Over two million people in the UK carry the faulty gene that causes Cystic Fibrosis - around 1 in 25 of the population.
Over 95% of the UK CF population is Caucasian, but CF affects many ethnic groups.
Each week, five babies are born with Cystic Fibrosis.
Each week, two young lives are lost to Cystic Fibrosis.
Currently half of the CF population will live past 41 years of age, and improvements in treatments mean a baby born today is expected to live even longer.
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http://www.cftrust.org.uk/

All donations and support will be appreciated.

The more donations the better! :)
 
Out of interest, what's the reason you're looking for donations?

I know this sounds like a stupid question, but we get quite a few people asking to donate to various causes and I like to know the personal reasons a lot of the time...

kd
 
King Damager said:
Out of interest, what's the reason you're looking for donations?

I know this sounds like a stupid question, but we get quite a few people asking to donate to various causes and I like to know the personal reasons a lot of the time...

kd
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Close friend of my mums; baby, so I am doing my bit to help.

Rizo-UK said:
Done, not much but all the £'s make £££'s.
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Many thanks! And indeed, even if it is a £1, as Tesco say it, every little helps! :)


Elixir said:
Donated purely to compensate for the convincing beating you got on CSS earlier. ;)
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Oi, that was not fair, my team didn't exist! :D

And thank you. :)
 
Done.

My best friend suffers from this but luckily he doesn't have it as bad as others. He's told me some stories about young kids going into hospital in there and dying from it :(

He's now 28 and over the years i have seen how it has become worse, sometimes he can't even go outside if it's windy as it will cause him to cough vilently and can end up in him being sick. He is talking about getting a lung transplant one day, hopefully over the coming years they'll be able to develop better treatmeants and stop the young ones passing on so early :(
 
A great cause.

I lost a great friend to this horrible condition in the last week of 2011. He was seemingly fine and we lost him overnight - no indication that it was going to happen, he had been fine and just went into hospital as a precaution because he was feeling rough (not a rarity for him having the condition and all). He was even texting another friend whilst in hospital asking what the plan was for new years eve.

He deteriorated, due to a blood clot in his lungs and he slipped away in the night.

Totally unexpected. He was a brilliant guy who you couldn't say a bad word against. But the good ones are always the ones that are taken.

Rest in Peace Dan.
 
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