by Sarah | Jan 20, 2020 | Your Stories
Back in 1990, Helen Young’s sister died within two weeks from a syndrome she’d never heard of, Guillain-Barre syndrome. She was only 18, Helen was 21. Helen decided to raise funds to help other people affected by this devastating illness. In 1992 I ran the London...
by Sarah | Jan 20, 2020 | Your Stories
In April last year, Sharon and I finally tied the knot; we had been engaged for far too many years. There is not too much that we haven’t been through in our time together but nothing had prepared us for the impact that GBS inflicted upon our family five years ago. In...
by Sarah | Jan 20, 2020 | Your Stories
This is a lifelong illness for me and many others that live with it so to raise awareness and some funds to aid with research and support others going through GBS I am going to climb Pen Y Fan which is the highest peak in South Wales at 2907 feet high and is an 11...
by Sarah | Jan 20, 2020 | Your Stories
Malcolm Hanney faced some unexpected challenges when he made a new life for himself in Malaysia. Three years ago, while my son Steven and I were visiting Malaysia – he was doing a few weeks’ work experience with the YTL group in KL- we decided to take a weekend trip...
by Sarah | Jan 20, 2020 | Your Stories
As I turned right into the entrance of the Medway, the stiff wind and tide that had flushed me down the Thames like a crazy bob-sled went berserk. It was an explosive situation… literally. I was bearing down backwards – the howling, backing cross-wind and tide now...
