Relay for Life

Greetings,

My Purple Challenge (https://alifewithfibromyalgia.blogspot.com/2019/04/henrys-purple-challenge.html) was based upon missing last year's Relay for Life. This year I have joined my friends in participating in this most worthy cause. My personal page can be found here (https://secure.fundraising.cancer.org.au/site/TR/RelayforLife/CCQLD?px=1965468&pg=personal&fr_id=5904). The question that really needs to be asked is why I would be doing this to myself.

The first reason for this is because I believe in the cause. Both of my grand-parents on my mother's side, my mother, and my primary fencing master all passed away from cancer. My father had cancer and beat it. I have also got more than one friend who has had cancer and beaten it. Needless to say that this is a disease that has affected my life almost as much as fibromyalgia has. What is really annoying is that my fencing master passed away from pancreatic cancer which they found a cure for a month after his death. This is the reason that more money needs to go to research so that tragedies like this can stop.

Secondly, it is a challenge for myself to actually do the Relay itself. Rather than walking around the course like most other people will be my team, Brisbane HEMA Clubs, will be fencing in some capacity for the entire 15 hours. In my case it will be a challenge because it means that I will be fencing on and off throughout this time, and I have no idea how my fibromyalgia is going to react. More than likely I am going to pay for my exertions later on, and in a big way.

Finally, the Cancer Council is an organisation which I like to donate to because they do great work. I encourage you to assist me by going to the link to my personal page and making a donation. This donation will assist me reach my modest target of $200. It would be really great if I could exceed this target well and before the Relay. Just know that your donation is going to a worthy cause. I have almost no doubt that I will come up with some scheme like the Purple Challenge to assist with my fundraising efforts as well.

Cheers,

Henry.