New Year 2012 - An uphill struggle for uphill strugglers
We are pleased to be supporting Marks Night climb in sub Zero conditions in a bid to raise funds for the much needed research into Huntingtons disease.
Mark will be climbing from the base of a snow covered mountain in Verbier Switzerland on New years Eve to arrive at the top for the midnight celebrations and ski back down by torchlight.
Please Make a donation and support Huntingtons research
To help this worth while cause you can call us on our usual number 020 8878 2824 (uk)
0767 506088 (Swiss) or e mail charity@bathroomsdirect.com
Thanking you in anticipation
Mark and The Bathrooms Direct Team
A little about Huntingtons
Huntington's has been described as the most disastrous disease known to man because of its peculiarly cruel characteristics. It progressively strips a person of control of his muscles, reason and emotions—though not necessarily in that order. It is caused by a mutation in a single gene, and if you have the mutation, you will develop the disease; the only unknown is when. Typically the first symptoms appear between the ages of 30 and 50, so many people pass the disease on before discovering they have it. The risk of inheriting it from an affected parent is one in two. The unlucky offspring therefore get to watch their sick parent head into a long, slow decline, knowing that the same fate awaits them. And there's no cure. ON THE scale of nasty diseases – conditions you really, really don't want to get - Huntington's Disease is off the graph.
It's on a chart of its own: indeed, for an illness so traumatising for sufferers and those around them, nasty doesn't really cover It can be more properly described as evil.
What is it exactly? It used to be called Huntington's Chorea. Chorea was once a common medical reference to the shaking, uncontrollable movements of people with various motor neurone disorders (as was the term St Vitus Dance).
An insight into Huntingtons from Charles
Please view Charles Sabines short video to try and help us all understand how lucky we are to appreciate good health which ultimately enables us all to help those not so lucky http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7Ub8DcJxyg&feature=channel
Bathrooms Direct reach the top
Thank you to all of you who supported the bathrooms Direct sponsored climb for Maggies your contributions are very much appreciated.
The team reached the Ben Nevis summit at 10am on 8th June.
Bathrooms Direct are pleased to be supporting such a worthwhile cause.
Bathrooms Direct are delighted to support in a modest way Maggies centres
A Maggie's Centre is a place to turn to for help with any of the problems, small or large, associated with cancer.
http://www.maggiescentres.org/home.html
Maggies rely on donations and are not government funded.
Bathrooms Direct are delighted to include this worthwhile cause within their charity fundraising campaign.
An uphill struggle for uphill strugglers
David, Sam, Giles and Mark will climb to the Highest UK Peak Ben Nevis on June 8th a challenging climb for a Bathroom Salesmen but surely a worthwhile struggle for those who support the 1 in 3 of us who will at some point struggle with Cancer.
Make a donation and support Maggie's
Maggie's provides vital one to one sessions with skilled cancer support specialists for anyone affected by cancer. Our nutrition and benefits advisers give invaluable support to people dealing with the practical elements of a cancer diagnosis. Whether in groups or individually, Maggie's provides the support people need most to cope.
We need your help to continue offering our diverse programme. You can provide those affected by cancer with the care and support that they need right now.
Will pay for one person to attend a Living with Cancer course to provide an understanding of their cancer diagnosis, symptoms and side effects and how to deal with the emotional effects.
Pays for a relaxation therapist for an hour long session. This will help reduce some of the stress and anxiety that can be so overwhelming.
Enables two staff to run Managing Stress, Learning Relaxation and Visualisation; a six week course about the physical effects of stress and anxiety, teaching relaxation techniques proven to benefit those affected by cancer.To help this worth while cause you can call us on our usual number 020 8878 2824
or e mail
charity@bathroomsdirect.com
Thanking you in anticipation
The Bathrooms Direct Team
