Please Help Me To Raise Awareness

Hey everyone, I'm sharing this video in my press release to raise awareness of TIA's and stroke. Did you know that you can have a TiA, which is like having a mini stroke,without even knowing that it has happened. You may be wondering what a TIA is because a lot of people simply don't know. A TIA is a transient ischaemic attack and is also known as a mini stroke. This is because the symptoms are the same as having a stroke but usually last less than 24 hours. Even though the symptoms of a TIA only last 24 hours or less, it is very serious and should not be ignored. A TIA is a warning to let you know that there is something wrong and you are at risk of having a stroke. This is why many people call a TIA a warning stroke. So you may be wondering what happens when you have a TIA and what causes it. A TIA is simply a blockage which cuts off the blood supply to part of your brain. When you have a TIA the blockage is usually temporary and your blood supply will return to normal when the blockage dissolves or moves. Any symptoms that you experienced will also disappear once the blockage is no longer there. So the important thing to remember here is that the only difference between a TIA and a stroke is that the blockage that happens when you have a TIA is temporary. One of the things that can cause the blockage is a blood clot, it can however be caused by an air bubble in your blood stream.

There is so much more information that I can give you but I really wanted to tell everyone about the sponsored walk that i'm doing to raise money for The Stroke Association. I have a fundraising page so people are able to sponsor me and as a thank you I will be offering three different prizes which you can win. Prize one will be a chocolate hamper, prize two will be a £20 Amazon voucher and prize three will be a massage. For a change to win one of these amazing prizes, visit my sponsor page and donate, even if it's £1 it all helps. Make sure that you write the word competition in the box that says leave a message and you fill in the box that asks for your name. Then send me an email with your name and address to kelzkids@live.co.uk making sure that you let me know that you have donated on my page. I will pick 1 winner for each of the three prizes and announce the winner in a video and let you know via email.

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Help me to raise awareness, raise money and you could win an awesome prize

Hi everyone, I wanted to write this press release to tell you all about the sponsored walk that i'll be doing on Sunday 30th August 2015. I'm doing this walk to raise money for The Stroke Association which is an amazing charity. The charity was the only thing that I could turn to when my mum had two TIA's and she didn't understand what had happened to her and why. Being able to go onto The Stroke Association website and get some information for my mum was invaluable for me and my family. It answered a lot of the questions that were going around in my mum's mind. 

My mum suffered a TIA which is a mini stroke and unfortunately it wasn't diagnosed because the symptoms were very mild and temporary. She then went on to have another TIA just a few months later which left her paralyzed down the whole of her right side. She stayed in hospital for over a week, having to learn how to walk again and have several tests done. She now has scarring on her brain which causes her to have the same symptoms as a TIA every few days. So she basically gets a weak arm, she can no longer speak and she can't walk. These symptoms last several hours until she goes back to having full control of her speech and body again. She has to live with these after affects for the rest of her life because there is nothing they can do to stop it, she also has to take a lot of medication each and every day to prevent a stroke. 

I know that thanks to money that was raised for The Stroke Association and the research that they did with this money, people who have had a TIA now get put on the medication straightaway. The medication reduces the risk by 80% of someone who has had a TIA going on to have a stroke, which is amazing. Without the money that was raised for this research, they wouldn't have found out that doing this can potentially prevent many people from having a stroke. 

The Stroke Association does so much more than this to help people who have suffered a TIA or a stroke. There are too many things to list here but without the money that is raised, there would be a lot of people not getting the help that they so desperately need. Anyone can suffer a TIA or a stroke no matter what age and it can be devastating for the sufferer and also their family. My aim is to raise awareness and to raise money for The Stroke Association so they can continue to help people who have suffered and also to find new ways to prevent it. 

I understand that there are many charities out there that need support but because this charity was there for me when I needed some information and there is stroke in my family history that goes way back, and I have to watch my mum living with the after affects, it's so important for me to support this charity. I have a fundraising page so people are able to sponsor me and as a thank you I will be offering three different prizes which you can win. Prize one will be a chocolate hamper, prize two will be a £20 Amazon voucher and prize three will be a massage. For a change to win one of these amazing prizes, visit my sponsor page https://www.justgiving.com/KellyCairns1983/and donate, even if it's £1 it all helps. Make sure that you write the word competition in the box that says leave a message and you fill in the box that asks for your name. Then send me an email with your name and address to kelzkids@live.co.uk making sure that you let me know that you have donated on my page. I will pick 1 winner for each of the three prizes and announce the winner in a video and let you know via email. 

Please help me in raising awareness about stroke and help me to support the people who like my mum have suffered the horrible consequences of having a TIA/stroke.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my press release :-)