Move for PSC

This June, I’m committing to 25 miles or 25 hours of movement to raise funds for PSC research. Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) is a rare, incurable immune mediated/autoimmune liver disease that needs more awareness and support to lead to better and more widely used diagnostics, symptomatic treatments, possibly even a cure. How amazing that would be! 

This cause is very important to me, as I've had PSC my lifetime, leading to liver transplant just last October. I've known many friends and caretakers in support groups like those PSC Partners provides and manages, some of which have passed due to PSC or caused deep grief in loved ones providing care, love and support to one of us patients.

Together, we’re aiming to raise $190,000 in total for PSC research. 100% of your donation goes to research bringing us closer to better treatments and brighter futures for PSC patients.

Please consider and Help save lives of those of us as young as 6 to as senior aged as 70, and provide better quality of life up to the only "cure," liver transplant like my case, from a living or deceased honorable donor. It's not really a cure of course, as PSC often affects the new transplanted liver, eventually or rapidly, depending on the autoimmune response to "attack" the liver again. Organ rejection is not uncommon either, unfortunately. You can make a difference in our lives and our loved ones! 

Please donate today to my Move for PSC, walking my dog Bowie and continuing my post-op physical therapy daily, with in clinic sessions twice weekly. We will likely do the PT for at least a year total, at least in the case of my transplant, with the need to rebuild strength in our core, balance and stamina in our legs and bodies in general after such an invasive and life altering surgery. 

I'm doing better gradually and continuously! Looking forward to returning to work and my true passion, volunteering in human and animal health and welfare, slowly, part time at first. I love balancing my animal experience with domestic pets and large animal livestock, alternating with all my wildlife rehabilitation and conservation work. 

I can't wait to be more active and participating in my community's people and critters again! 

Thank you for helping make that possible for me and thousands of others with your help in the form of donating today!

Bowie

Tink, my 19 year old black beauty still with us and Julian RIP 2020, the cutie next to her. I got a good 10 years with him at least, my beautiful boy, second kitty I adopted, after Tink. We fostered HUNDREDS of cats and dogs together. They helped socialize them way more than I did ; ]

Porter Face RIP 2013, pictured here on Emerald Isle and in his winter wear, NOSH Cafe, Durham, NC. He was my first small dog! I thought I was a big and giant dog mamma only, but he changed my brain and heart. Many other babies I loved in the past 43 years I don't have space to picture here.