this is why I support The stroke association...

I'm not doing it too get sympathy nor am I doing it to get attention,
I'm doing it because my first goal was to learn to walk & be able to walk as far as I can, but with my 'new life'..

I'm doing it because when I was in hospital I said to my family & others..
'' Next year my aim is to do a walk for the stroke association''
because I was so sick of being told that i'd be in a wheelchair for over a year..

My physio's were so shocked when I said that this was my goal, so were my family
my nan assumed i'd walk it 'in bits'
however i'm walking it all at once..
because i'd feel as if the stroke's beaten me if I didn't.
Thats how it feels now,
If I walk & need to stop I instantly assume the stroke's beating me..
thats how my brain keeps me 'going'



''Dad i'm walking 10k for the stroke association''
''Liz do you even realise how far that is?!''
''yeah.. but i'm raising money to save people from having strokes & to help them research new technology to help them get a better recovery''



They say that people are more likely to have strokes over the age of 65..
Sowhat if you suffer one? this money could of helped save your life as well as if any of your grandparents have/had one..
thats how I put it,
But everyones different..


You wouldn't want to see anyone suffer,
so help save a life and donate...



https://www.justgiving.com/Elizabeth-Ashmore



This is why i'm supporting The stroke association;

We provide high quality, up-to-date stroke information for stroke patients, their families and carers 

every year there are approximately 152,000 strokes in the UK. That's one every three and a half minutes. Most people affected are over 65, but anyone can have a stroke, including children and even babies.

Strokes change lives. It can have a huge effect on you and your family. You will most likely want to know as much as you can about what practical, emotional and financial support is available.

everything on their website is the best advice i've been given, since I suffered mine..

instead of; ''oh yeah well.. you've had a stroke''

they provided me with;

booklets on how to help prevent one happening again & how to deal with all the problems that occur after having one, problems that never even hit me till I was able to walk again..

support workers that ring you up on a weekly basis & make sure you're getting the right support for what you're entitled too & how you can get a job or volunteer to aim towards getting a job in the future..

something that I never knew by just laying in a hospital bed.

So thank you to the stroke association & help me to provide them enough money to fund vital research to save a life...

The total spend on stroke research in the UK has increased from £23m to£56m. At the same time, this report provides new evidence that stroke research continues to be significantly underfunded relative to other major diseases. We know that with a growing and ageing population, the burden of stroke is set to double worldwide by the year of 2030, and we need a major shift in efforts and investment into this condition if we are to be in a position to respond.

& to those who are kind enough to of donated already thankyou..

https://www.justgiving.com/Elizabeth-Ashmore