Updated on Jul 7th 2011 at 3:21 PM from the JustGiving API

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Hi my name's Matt Hayman and I've been a crohn's sufferer since february 2009. The past 2 years have been the hardest years of my life. Before i got diagnosed with crohn's disease i knew nothing about it at all, the only thing i knew is that my great grandmother had colitis which is also an IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) But since 2009 NACC have helped me so much in coming to terms with it and letting me know what it's all about, the things they do for IBD patients is extraordinary. They do everything they can to help you with what ever you want to know, or hear, they do lots of fundraising days and there are a lot of day to day activities that NACC organize.  So to raise money for NACC i will be doing a sponsored skydive on 26/11/2011 so please donate money for a good cause, NACC do an outstanding job and every penny will help hundreds, even thousands of IBD patients out there that need the help and support of NACC and there local hospital 

For those of you that don't know what IBD is, here is a little brief:

Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease, the general name for diseases that cause swelling in the intestines. Because the symptoms of Crohn’s disease are similar to other intestinal disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome and ulcerative colitis, it can be difficult to diagnose. Ulcerative colitis causes inflammation and ulcers in the top layer of the lining of the large intestine. In Crohn’s disease, all layers of the intestine may be involved, and normal healthy bowel can be found between sections of diseased bowel.

Crohn’s disease affects men and women equally and seems to run in some families. About 20 percent of people with Crohn’s disease have a blood relative with some form of inflammatory bowel disease, most often a brother or sister and sometimes a parent or child. Crohn’s disease can occur in people of all age groups, but it is more often diagnosed in people between the ages of 20 and 30. People of Jewish heritage have an increased risk of developing Crohn’s disease, and African Americans are at decreased risk for developing Crohn’s disease.

Crohn’s disease may also be called ileitis or enteritis.

 

So please dig deep and donate all your change for a very good cause, thanks for taking time to read this and i hope you will donate some money :)