Thanks for visiting my page for the Great North Run 2010, where I'm running to support the St Thomas' Lupus Trust.

Lupus is a connective tissue disease, where the immune system attacks the body.  Symptoms can be so diverse, including for example; fatigue, rashes, allergies, depression and kidney failure.  Some 50,000 are now thought to have lupus in the UK - it's systemic, in that it can affect any part of the body. 

The St. Thomas' Lupus Trust is the charity that funds vital and pioneering research into lupus. It also supports the only dedicated lupus Clinic in Europe - the Louise Coote Lupus Unit at St. Thomas' Hospital in London. http://www.lupus.org.uk/

Please do help me raise some cash for this great charity, so that they can continue to support patients and fund more research to better understand and treat the disease.

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