I met Heather Read this afternoon when I attended the opening of the "Woodlands Community Garden' at Middleton St Mary's CE Primary School...

Heather looks after the Leeds branch of Myasthenia Gravis Association; 'The Rag Doll Illness'. If like me you have never heard of Myasthenia Gravis, it is an auto immune disease characterised by fluctuating and sometimes fatal muscle weakness. It's a disease where the body's immune system, in the form of antibodies, attacks and damages the communication between nerve and muscle, which results in a loss of effectiveness of the muscle.

Heather told me that there are around 150 sufferers in Leeds and the Research Centre in Oxford, that the charity supports, hope that a breakthrough will come in the not too distant future. If you want to help, you can contact Helen, to find out more about the Myasthenia Gravis Association, on 0113 2502816.
Chris