My daughter Coco has been battling anorexia for over a year now. It is a terrible illness that sadly not only affects the sufferer but the whole family. Even if you cannot donate, in what is a crippling time for everyone financially, at least getting more information out there of this debilitating illness will help, as early intervention gives a far better chance of getting you better. Coco is currently waiting for a hospital bed as sadly the NHS is overwhelmed, and we are doing what we can with private care. Anorexia has the highest suicide rate of all psychological disorders. The sufferer does not choose anorexia - it chooses them, and renders them powerless. Severe weight loss and a devastating fear of food is what the sufferer goes through - along with insomnia, depression, strict routines at meal times etc etc. It's devastating to watch as a parent. However, eating disorders are treatable. The main reason I am running the London Marathon for Coco and Beat (the UK's leading charity supporting those affected by eating disorders, who have helped me so much) is that I  remember one of the psychologists we saw said, "beating anorexia is incredibly hard - like running a marathon". All I can say, is running a marathon will be incredibly easy then - and this will be what will push me on, as currently, I am watching Coco, metaphorically, run a marathon every day as she struggles to overcome this truly horrendous illness. I know Coco will not mind me sharing her story - or at least my side of it, and one day I hope we will run the London Marathon together.