Post by fujicolt on Jan 23, 2011 0:02:30 GMT
PLEASE READ IN FULL. THANK YOU.
We have recently had a terrible family tragedy with the loss of my wife's lovely and wonderful Mother, to Cancer and the rare complication of AMYLOIDOSIS.
Amyloidosis is not cancer, but it is a serious, potentially life-threatening condition that can occur because of some cancers. The basis of amyloidosis is the amyloid, which is an abnormal protein that enters tissues or organs. When enough amyloid proteins are present in an organ to interfere with its functioning and cause symptoms, the condition called amyloidosis results.
Amyloid proteins are made by plasma cells, a type of white blood cell in the bone marrow (the spongy, red tissue in the inner part of the large bones). In normal situations, these plasma cells make antibodies that protect the body from diseases or infection. The antibodies are created, used, and then broken down and recycled by our bodies. However, in amyloidosis, the plasma cells produce antibodies that cannot be broken down. These abnormal proteins leave the bloodstream and eventually enter tissues and organs.
Only in the past few decades have doctors and researchers begun to understand the nature of amyloid proteins and how they can cause irreparable and fatal major organ damage.
Well my fellow karateka since my Heart attack and subsequent stroke, my restructuring surgery on my foot, my total hip replacement and fractured spine I have put a lot of weight on.
Now - as i know my spine can be fixed - I intend to slowly and sensibly get as fit as i can under the circumstances and in doing so I WILL make sure that I lose at least two stone in weight ( Three would be even better).
Therefore, I am politely and respectfully asking for people to sponsor me to the minimum tune of 20p (£0.20 UK sterling - higher amounts are at your discretion) per pound in weight lost by 1st May 2011.
All money taken will be donated to AMYLOIDOSIS RESEARCH in the Name of Carol Pearce (RIP).
if you would like to be a sponsor for me please make that clear in a reply to this post and i will P.M. you with a form and the address where to send your donation to after 1st may 2011.
I can only ask - but research into this awful killer is relatively young and they need any help they can get.
To all whom step up -THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I only wish you had met her - many of my Karate colleagues did and she fussed over them all to feed them and take care of them at the friendship courses - she was a fantastic Wife, Mother, Grand Mother, Mother-in-law and friend to visiting Karateka. You would have loved her she was just one of those special people.
OSS.
We have recently had a terrible family tragedy with the loss of my wife's lovely and wonderful Mother, to Cancer and the rare complication of AMYLOIDOSIS.
Amyloidosis is not cancer, but it is a serious, potentially life-threatening condition that can occur because of some cancers. The basis of amyloidosis is the amyloid, which is an abnormal protein that enters tissues or organs. When enough amyloid proteins are present in an organ to interfere with its functioning and cause symptoms, the condition called amyloidosis results.
Amyloid proteins are made by plasma cells, a type of white blood cell in the bone marrow (the spongy, red tissue in the inner part of the large bones). In normal situations, these plasma cells make antibodies that protect the body from diseases or infection. The antibodies are created, used, and then broken down and recycled by our bodies. However, in amyloidosis, the plasma cells produce antibodies that cannot be broken down. These abnormal proteins leave the bloodstream and eventually enter tissues and organs.
Only in the past few decades have doctors and researchers begun to understand the nature of amyloid proteins and how they can cause irreparable and fatal major organ damage.
Well my fellow karateka since my Heart attack and subsequent stroke, my restructuring surgery on my foot, my total hip replacement and fractured spine I have put a lot of weight on.
Now - as i know my spine can be fixed - I intend to slowly and sensibly get as fit as i can under the circumstances and in doing so I WILL make sure that I lose at least two stone in weight ( Three would be even better).
Therefore, I am politely and respectfully asking for people to sponsor me to the minimum tune of 20p (£0.20 UK sterling - higher amounts are at your discretion) per pound in weight lost by 1st May 2011.
All money taken will be donated to AMYLOIDOSIS RESEARCH in the Name of Carol Pearce (RIP).
if you would like to be a sponsor for me please make that clear in a reply to this post and i will P.M. you with a form and the address where to send your donation to after 1st may 2011.
I can only ask - but research into this awful killer is relatively young and they need any help they can get.
To all whom step up -THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I only wish you had met her - many of my Karate colleagues did and she fussed over them all to feed them and take care of them at the friendship courses - she was a fantastic Wife, Mother, Grand Mother, Mother-in-law and friend to visiting Karateka. You would have loved her she was just one of those special people.
OSS.