Our Dad, John Cook, wouldn't want to be defined by his health and he had so much he wanted to live for, but was ultimately beaten by an incurable lung condition called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). 

Dad was diagnosed in his 70s with IPF which causes the lungs to progressively stiffen and ultimately stop oxygen transfer. It's an awful, progressive and incurable disease with no effective treatments, only drugs that temporarily slow the fibrosis down.  

He managed well until the start of 2019, when he was troubled by recurrent chest infections and worsening IPF but continued to travel overseas, including a fantastic trip to see the sites of Israel in March, and a holiday to Greece at end of May.   

This later trip was supported by the Pulmonary Fibrosis Trust, who rapidly (and at no cost), supplied him with an airline compliant portable oxygen concentrator, without which he would not have been able to fly, and it was not something he would have been able to organise himself with ease. 

The 'Pulmonary Fibrosis Trust' provide emotional, financial and practical support to patients with IPF to allow them to maximise life and to live well as the disease progresses, which is why we want to support them.