Thank you for visiting my fund raising page.

So… 6 years ago my Mum was diagnosed with the horrific disease Alzheimers!

Little did we know how heartbreaking it would get!

My Mum was an amazing Wife, Mum and fun loving Nanny, always playing with the grandchildren.

Watching her go through the 7 stages of Alzheimer’s came with huge heartache for us all.

I will never forgot the first time she looked into my eyes and didn’t recognise me, she looked lost, vacant, confused and scared! It was only the day before she called me by my name and told me she loved me!

It was that day I lost her for the first time, my mum started to drift away more and more, changing in herself and also visibly as well.

She deteriorated quite quickly in the end, with falls now also a problem as she became less steady on her feet.

She ate less and less getting weaker and weaker.

She had lost everything! Her mind, her speech, her mobility and basically her ability to do anything for herself. We sat with her, fed her and comforted her when she became agitated.

Watching my Dad care for her and visit her everyday, come rain or shine showed me the meaning of true love and how important their till death do us part wedding vows were!

In her last few weeks we sat tirelessly with her, visiting a few times a day, just holding her hand. What I’d give to do that again!

Onto 14th November. The day she finally lost her fight. She had lay in her bed motionless for days, not moving a muscle. My Dad, brother and myself were sat with her when she turned and looked at us, took one last breath and sadly passed away.

The journey that we have been through, and watched my Mum go through has made me want to raise some money and hopefully one day people won’t have to go through the same trauma.

The event I have chosen to take part in is the London Marathon 2024! 🏃‍♂️

Alzheimer’s society were there for us in our time of need so please, please dig deep and spare some change