End of Year 2010 for the TLT4CF!
This year has being a whirlwind of new & old events for the Tracie Lawlor Trust for Cystic Fibrosis. A few new events went a head this year, Olive McGrath’s “Tracie’s walk” in which 70 people walked from Castlebridge to Wexford town, along it’s beautiful Quays & half foot-paths on the way in. Looked like it would be an awful day but the clouds cleared & blue skies prevailed leading to a relaxing, enjoyable stroll into Wexford. Then came a 24 hour spinning bike challenge, I mean how hard is it to pedal really? Oh my, did many of us eat our words, as we sat on what was possibly the worst shaped, least comfortable saddle I’ve come across, if I hadn’t of popped all them bubbles in the bubble wrap I would have had it wrapped around it! Well at least we all had the same pain, some more than others as Mike & Paddy decided to race each other in the first two hours of the challenge! Mike, a CF parent organized what was a brilliant day & night overall but I don’t think we’ll be so enthusiastic the next time with those saddles!
The kick off to the year was our annual cabaret & dance again a great turn out from the people of Wexford & Tracie’s home village of Castlebridge. Annual events from last year such as Ann’s Angel’s Holistic day, the Bridges Charity Challenge & Mick & John’s soccer tournament, were certainly as exciting & enjoyable as previous years.
A head-shave in Roscea in Co. Tipperary which obviously gave them good look for the All-Ireland win, as they learned a lot from the model county! MUFC table quiz was an enjoyable night with Brendan & co. putting on a good show, pity United can’t do the same at the minute. And finally a mention must go to two super athletes who ran the Dublin City Marathon for Miss Snead & Mr Matt :). Thank you!
All money raised has lead to purchase of more Chi, FIR machines & more recently finger pulse oximeter’s that can give accurate heart & oxygen saturation (within the blood) to a CF at home within seconds. Extremely useful during exercise to make sure there is not a dangerous drop in stats & if so they may need to see their doctor, all to catch an infection earlier! Also the money is used for the hours looking into research journal papers online & forming an opinion on the best form of diet, exercise, lifestyle, supplements etc. for CF & all the info will be made available free on our websites blog. Finally a proposal for a study has been submitted to European Federation of Complementary & Alternative Medicine (EFCAM) into the viability of a 3-6 month study of the effects of Buteyko Breathing on Cystic Fibrosis patients. Thus far we have spent in excess of €30,000 on the above & more!
Merry Christmas everyone, have a lovely holiday & a happy new year!!
See you all next year!