Conference hydra::amiga_v1

4076.0. "Please Sponsoe Me!!!!!!!!" by HAMPS::EAST (Ed Svcs Support Manager for EIS/ENG/EIC) Mon Sep 03 1990 18:08

Mr Moderator, Sir
	I know that this message is not pertinent to this notes conference,
but where else would I find access to a  bunch of like minded and generous 
people. Thus, I ask you not to set this note hidden until after the 23rd of
September 1989 when I will close it by telling you how much money we raised.

			Yours respectfully
				David East
					 ( A500 owner)
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Subj: SPONSORED CYCLE RIDE!!!!!!!

Dear friends, Colleagues, & AMIGOES
	On September the 25th 1989, Mary ,my wife, underwent a 2nd Liver
Transplant in Kings College Hospital LONDON.  Now, nearly a year later she is
in excellent health and leading a normal life.  Each of Mary's life saving 
operations were carried out under the National Health and cost around 
10,000 pounds, but the operation is only the beginning, each patient must take 
anti rejection and other drugs for the rest of their lives, a non trivial 
ongoing expense for the NHS. 

	 There are many causes of Liver failure but amongst the most
common are the various forms of Hepatitus. We can be treated and receive
vaccinations against Hepatitus A and B, and recently doctors have managed 
to isolate Hepatitus C, but there are many more forms ( known as Hepatitius 
Non A, non B) as yet unrecognised and therefore untreated. Transplantation is a 
last resort, when the virus has won and the patients life is in danger.  Kings
College Hospital has around 70 doctors doing research into the causes of 
liver failure, in an effort to reduce the number of transplants necessary, to
win the battle against rejection and improve the aftercare of patients.
  
	I will be forever grateful to the doctors and nurses of Kings 
College Hospital, without them, Mary would not be enjoying the quality of 
life she has today. So it is time to show my appreciation and give 
something back, but I need your help.

	I spent much of 1989 travelling between my home near Newbury and 
Kings College Hospital in London a distance of approx 75 miles.  On September
23rd I propose to do it again. This time by Bicycle and in aid of Liver Research
at Kings.

Please sposnsor me generously. You can do this in a number of ways.

	When we meet, I'm bound to have a sponsor form on me.

				or
	Why not stick 10, Dollars, Francs, Marks, Pounds, or whatever you can
spare in an envelope and mail it to me.

	Internal Mail:	David East @BST.
 
	External Mail:  David East
			3 Green Acres,
			Woolton Hill,
			Newbury,
			Berkshire,
			RG15 9TA,
			England.


     You can pledge so much per mile or a fixed sum. If anybody else in your 
location would also like to sponsor me then please encourage them. THE MORE
MONEY WE RAISE THE EASIER WILL BE THE PAIN OF THE JOURNEY.

Thanks in advance for your support

				David East.

    What an idiot!!!! It must be fatigue form pushing those pedals round.
    Of course I meant 23RD SEPTEMBER 1990.
    
    Thanks for bringing me to my senses, but I still intend to go through 
    with it.
    
    			Best Regards,
    					David.
    

Dear Friends,
	Sunday 23rd September dawned overcast with a hint of rain in the 
air. No wind, almost perfect cycling conditions.  At 4:00 pm. after 4.5 
hours in the saddle and 75.6 miles later,I arrived at Kings College 
Hospital. 

    If any one out there is still considering sponsoring me it is not too
    late!!!  You could pay me by cheque.
 	 Made payable to "The Mary East Liver Research Fund"
and mail to:-

	David East 
	c/o Jill Warren 
	Educational Services
	Shire Hall 
	Reading. (RKA)
	ENGLAND.
    
	With the sponsorship and pledges that I have already , or know 
about, we anticipate raising 800 pounds (1500 dollars) for Liver Research @
    Kings College Hospital London.  

	May I take this opportunity to thank you all for your most generous
support. 
    
    			Best Regards,
    				David.