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Are we mad?  Perhaps – this is no holiday, climbing a mountain will be an extreme test of our mental and physical ability.

Are we determined?  Yes- the Cystic Fibrosis Trust desperately needs more money

Are we scared?  Yes, petrified but we will get there with your help!

Those of you who know us will understand our health problems, Mitch has diabetes and I have Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Obviously life can be tough and we can’t expect to achieve all the things that people our age usually do. However we really hate negativity and believe you get out of life what you put in to it. We would both love to leave this world knowing that we’d helped to make a difference and improve things for everybody with CF.

We were hoping to climb Kilimanjaro last year to raise money for the CF Trust but unfortunately I was not well enough. I have worked hard to improve things and have now been given the OK by my medical team. This window of opportunity is likely to be short!

As you probably know only half of the people with CF can expect to live beyond their mid 30's. Their short lives are often dominated by hospital stays, medication and treatments. Just to remain well most people with CF have to endure a gruelling daily regime of tablets, nebulisers and physio. There are no days off not even birthdays, Christmas or to climb a mountain!

The Cystic Fibrosis Trust works tirelessly to improve this and at the moment it appears that the best chance is gene therapy research. The run in to the clinical trial is complete and it all looks very positive. If successful, gene therapy will reduce the need for the many medications, physio and hospital stays, but more importantly reduce the early deaths by 90%. This research is incredibly expensive and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust needs £6 million pounds to move to the next stage.

We’d like to thank you in advance for your generous support.

 

Amy & Mitch