Thanks for taking the time to visit my Big Walk JustGiving page. More information about The Big Walk can be found at www.shef.ac.uk/big-walk

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The Big Walk combines two key events. The Pennine Way (where colleagues of mine from the University of Sheffield will cover 286 miles in 15 days) and the One Day Walking Challenge which is where I will join 100 others walk from Edale to Sheffield covering over 18 miles.  This will be a big challenge for me as I haven't walked any significant distance since having my first child in 2006!

We are doing this to raise funds for Lung Disease research at the University of Sheffield, specifically our leading research in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension - a life–threatening condition affecting the lungs and the right side of the heart.

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) is a rare but devastating condition. Sadly, most of the 500 or so patients diagnosed annually in the UK die from progressive heart failure within 5 years.  This is a worse prognosis than most cancers, and although medical therapies can alleviate symptoms and, at best, slow progression there is currently no cure for PAH. As this disease worsens it becomes difficult for individuals to carry out even normal activities. Ultimately, the disease is fatal without a lung transplant.

Sheffield is a major international centre for the diagnosis, treatment and research of this condition.  The money we raise from this event will accelerate research and help us to develop and test new treatments and make them available for patients as quickly as possible. 

Thank you for supporting the Big Walk, together we can make a real difference to the lives of people with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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