Sophie's fundraiser for ME Research UK
Sophie Allen
My Story
June 13th I’m challenging myself to swim 1 mile at the Great North Swim at Windermere lake for ME Research UK.
For 11 years of my life swimming was my entire personality, from training at 4:30am before school, to dragging my mum to another competition. However that changed when unexplainable symptoms started to affect my swimming, and later my life.
For many years I was looking for an answer to which I had no support or success.
ME/CFS is massively under diagnosed / misdiagnosed and affects thousands of people every single day. Currently there is no cure or treatment for ME/CFS. However, ME Research UK provide funding and support to researchers in the UK to improve diagnostic testing and one day treatment, so we can live a normal life and enjoy the things others take for granted.
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Target
£200
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Raised so far
£560
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Number of donors
30
My Story
June 13th I’m challenging myself to swim 1 mile at the Great North Swim at Windermere lake for ME Research UK.
For 11 years of my life swimming was my entire personality, from training at 4:30am before school, to dragging my mum to another competition. However that changed when unexplainable symptoms started to affect my swimming, and later my life.
For many years I was looking for an answer to which I had no support or success.
ME/CFS is massively under diagnosed / misdiagnosed and affects thousands of people every single day. Currently there is no cure or treatment for ME/CFS. However, ME Research UK provide funding and support to researchers in the UK to improve diagnostic testing and one day treatment, so we can live a normal life and enjoy the things others take for granted.
