Scirocco 2 Morocco 10 years on. Scarlett Mk3...The new chapter begins :-)

Obviously anyone who has been following my blog over the last 10 years must be aware of the disaster which befell my Mk2 Scirocco Scala "Scarlett".

After my brilliant car was fatally damaged by a 42 ton lorry on the A17 in 2014 I was left, after a messy and financially crippling court case, with not only no car, but with a £2000 legal bill and permanent Tinnitus. The other driver had a much better legal team than me and on the day the judge decided to award fault to both parties....although the 3 versions of the other drivers statement should have made him question what ACTUALLY happened on that cold February morning !!

Anyway. I digress.

This post is to let you know that I AM BACK !

Gone is the Ford Focus ST which i owned for around 2 and a half years primarily due to my long term good friend David who, Observing my predicament and being a very kind fella, offered to sell me the ST for a bargain price......a very welcome and generous gesture being as i had spent the last 2 years feeling incredibly stressed and ultimately humiliated and financially ruined by a system that appears to hold such things as the truth as being incidental to the facts !.....i'm off   again aren't I lol :-)

So. Ladies and Gentlemen. Can i now then present to you Scarlett Mk3 (She's a Mk3 Scirocco so hence the label!)

This cracking motor is an October 2008 Scirocco 2.0ltr TSI GT which is finished in Salsa Red, which is not such a dissimilar colour to my previous Mk2 (Paprika Red)....which is a nod to the old girl of course :-)

Of course this year (September) marks 10 years since I and my excellent friend Glen Place set off on our Scirocco 2 Morocco adventure.....and on our return to the UK we were invited to attend the launch of the New Scirocco Mk3 at Heron VW in Newark upon Trent. If i remember correctly Glen was unable to make it up to my neck of the woods but myself and my son attended with Scarlett and her half Roc trailer.....so the fact i now own a Scirocco from that particular moment in time seems somehow fitting as a continuation of my love of these cars.


So....here she is.

Scarlett Mk3......

Of course the Registration is quite poignant as this is actually my 6th Scirocco (S6) (6 and a half if you count the trailer!) and its a Volks Wagen Scirocco (VWS)... nice :-)

So far the car has been fantastic, and i hope to be showing her at the Scirocco Register National Meeting in August 2018.....alongside Glens newly refurbished 1988 Scala.....should be EPIC :-)

An interesting CLL blog by a US doctor

http://bkoffman.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1

BloodWise. The new name of Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research....and much easier to type ,share my story :-)

Just had a look at the new(ish) Bloodwise website and spotted a familiar contributor who has had his Leukaemia story published on there :-)

If you fancy a read just follow the link below......

https://bloodwise.org.uk/blog/my-battle-chronic-lymphocytic-leukaemia

Keep on fighting Folks :-)

Lymphoma drug may help in fight against Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's preventative drug hope - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35558438

Revolutionary new CLL drug developed in Leeds

25/09/2015

A revolutionary new cancer drug designed by researchers in Leeds could change the way the disease is treated.

What makes it different is this drug doesn't require chemotherapy - it's an oral drug which has today been licenced for the NHS by NICE - the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

The treatment, for Leukaemia patients, could pave the way for a new methods of tackling the condition.

Jak Trueman. A real cancer hero. Respect to you for your amazing courage :-)

Last week Scottish teenager Jak Trueman received the devastating news that his rare form of T-cell lymphoma was terminal.

 Jak is determined to help patients in the time he has left and last night made a moving appearance on STV News: http://bit.ly/1DckeYZ

Jak has raised more than £20,000 to help beat blood cancer in less than a week since hearing the news and his selfless courage and bravery is an inspiration to us all. Show your support for Jak by sharing this post, leaving a message of support in the comment box below and making a donation to his JustGiving page: http://bit.ly/1Dckkjk

http://news.stv.tv/east-central/308253-jak-trueman-fulfilling-life-wishes-after-told-cancer-is-terminal/?utm_source=FacebookPost&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Jak%2BTrueman&utm_campaign=General%2BNews

What an AMAZING young fella :-)

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Tragic and pointless Leukaemia death of a child

What a sad story :-(

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/120823/canada-lets-makayla-sault-die-leukemia-over-religious-sensitivity

Tragic, and possibly preventable :-/

Leukaemia survival rate soars by 600%

Great news as report suggests massive increase in patient with Leukaemia survival.

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2346314/Leukaemia-survival-rate-soars-600-thanks-improvements-medical-knowledge-care.html

Source: Daily Mail.

My Leukaemia story has been published on the LLR Website :-)

Hi Folks.Hope you are all well and 2013 is being good to you so far!.

Just a quick heads up that a story that I submitted to the Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research website has, much to my surprise!, been published :-0 !! lol.

If you haven't already seen it, here is the link:

http://leukaemialymphomaresearch.org.uk/people-personal-stories/patient-stories/andy-ward%E2%80%99s-story

Please tell me what you think. I appreciate the feedback :-)

Cheers.Andy

Could you donate Stem Cells to Anthony Nolan? It's FREE :-)

Preganant? considering starting a family? Have you considered donating your umbilical cord blood to Anthony Nolan?

You could help save a life :-)

Please follow this link:

http://www.anthonynolan.org/What-we-do/stem-cell-donation.aspx

The service is FREE and would utilise the life saving properties of tissue which would normally be disposed of after your babies birth......something for nothing..and then some!

Problems faced by CLL patients. (26/10/2012)

Watch "Problems faced by patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL)" on YouTube

Beating CLL

Watch "How we're beating chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL)" on YouTube

Stand up to Cancer. S^2C,SUTC,SU2C...a good idea however you write (type?) it :-)

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Just watching channel 4's stand up to cancer show, and it is brilliant :-).

It is so nice to see a program specifically raising funds for cancer research.

Come on folks.....give a few quid and let's help to beat this disease once and for all :-)

Hope they manage to raise some serious cash this evening.

Brilliant stuff. Well done channel 4 :-)

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Beautiful song :-)

Watch "Above the World - Written by Me - Lyrics in Description" on YouTube

Wickes employees trek through Alaska and raise £35,000 for LLR

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A team of 19 Wickes workers braved the wilderness of Alaska on an eight day trek, raising £35,695 and counting for partner charity Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.

The team set off on Sunday, September 2, from the base of the Talkeetna Mountains, carrying 60lb packs for up to eight hours each day through the mountains, over glaciers and down rivers. They finally reached the finish point at Valdez two weeks later on September 16. 

On the toughest day of the trek, the climbers scaled the equivalent of Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis - no easy feat for those team members who had never climbed a hill before setting off, let alone mountains. 

Wickes chairman and Alaska Challenge team mate Jeremy Bird said: "The Alaska challenge was everything we hoped it would be; exciting, stretching, very tough at times but hugely rewarding for those that fought their way through wind, rain, snow, hail and sunshine - often all on the same day. 

"Every member of the team achieved something they had thought might have been beyond them, like climbing a snow capped mountain or walking with a 60lb pack up a five mile hill or simply living in the wilderness for a week without soap. But, without doubt, the best bit was checking our fundraising on our return and seeing how much we'd raised to help beat blood cancer." 

Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research's chief executive Cathy Gilman said: "What the team have completed in such a tough environment is incredible. Since becoming our charity partners Wickes colleagues, customers and suppliers have consistently gone 'above and beyond' to help us beat blood cancers - and there's no better example of that than an effort like this. We're very grateful for all their support. 
"The valuable funds they are raising will help us find better treatments and cures for patients with blood cancers including leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma." 

Leukaemia Film "Now is Good" showing now

A girl dying of leukaemia compiles a "Bucket" list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.



Let me know what you think.

Discovery Of Key Function Of Protein For Obtaining Blood Stem Cells As Source For Transplants

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Researchers from IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) have deciphered the function executed by a protein called β-catenin in generating blood tissue stem cells. These cells, also called haematopoietic, are used as a source for transplants that form part of the therapies to fight different types of leukaemia. The results obtained will open the doors to produce these stem cells in the laboratory and, thus, improve the quality and quantity of these surgical procedures. This will let patients with no compatible donors be able to benefit from this discovery in the future.
The study, executed jointly with the Erasmus Medical Center Stem Cell of Rotterdam and published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, analysed a chain of molecular reactions that are produced inside some embryonic cells and that play a role in the creation of a haematopoietic stem cells. 'Our study contributes to deciphering the code that makes a precursor cell that is only found in the embryo become a haematopoietic stem cell. In order for that to happen, the β-catenin protein must be activated for a while and with a specific dosage' explains Dr Anna Bigas, head of the IMIM Stem Cells & Cancer Group and lead researcher.

This protein also plays a fundamental role in the cells that originate and maintain some types of leukaemia. 'The parallelisms between normal and leukaemia stem cells prove to us that the molecular pathways that regulate both populations are the same. For this reason, our work will help us understand the origin of these diseases', argues Dr Bigas.

In addition to embryonic stem cells, each of our body's organs has another type of stem cell that has the capacity to regenerate all the cells for the tissue in question. However, they are only formed in the embryonic stage and are maintained for the rest of our lives. Haematopoietic stem cells are part of the blood and, when they are transplanted, they are the inception for all of this tissue's cells.

At present, transplanting these cells is dependent on the availability of compatible donors. Nonetheless, there is still a high percentage of patients with no donors and that, therefore, cannot be submitted to this procedure. The results of this article lay the foundations so that, in the future, these patients can benefit from a source of laboratory-generated haematopoietic stem cells created from compatible embryonic cells or other types of expressly transformed cells.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/248293.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/248293.php

Natasha Vraets (Al Karim) your sister in christ scam

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Yes, yet another sick human being who not only tries to scam you but tells you she is a God fearing cancer suffering Christian!.

Anyway, thought you may want a heads up on this sad individual !.

content of SCAM Email:

" I am Mrs. Natasha Vraets a widow suffering from long time illness (Cancer), I have some funds I inherited from my late loving husband Mr. Yusuf Nasri Al Karim, the sum of $9.5 USD Million which he deposited in bank here and I need a very honest and God fearing person that can use these funds for God's work, and 15% out of the total funds will be for your compensation for doing this work of God.



I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way. That is why I am taking this decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going.



I found your email address from the internet and decide to contact you. Please if you would be able to use this fund for God’s work kindly reply me with this email:vraets.natasha@yahoo.fr



Your sister in Christ,

Mrs. Natasha Vraets"

I Like the passage "I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going."...So do we love...and it will be warm and give you a bloody god suntan!.

Mrs Vraets (God knows your real name :-) ) you are one sick puppy......

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Teenage prom queen arrested after pretending she had Leukaemia to raise $17,000

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Good grief!......how many more low life's are going to try this sick scam?......have they no conscience ?

A prom queen who raised $17,000 after convincing her hometown she was dying of leukaemia has been arrested. 

Nineteen-year-old Angie Gomez, from west Texas, told concerned friends, family and even her fiancé she had just six months to live, and the community rallied around her with offers of support.

A police investigation led to the teen's arrest at her place of work on Friday, on a charge of theft-by-deception.

Her fake charity slogan was 'Behind every fighter there is a supporter. Will you be mine?'...Perhaps it should have been "alongside every REAL fighter there is a scammer...can I be yours?" 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2133317/Angie-Gomez-Teenage-prom-queen-arrested-pretending-cancer-raise-17-000.html#ixzz1sidEv3LR 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2133317/Angie-Gomez-Teenage-prom-queen-arrested-pretending-cancer-raise-17-000.html#ixzz1sic0L1y2

Bride 'Faked Leukaemia To Pay For Dream Wedding'

A US woman has been charged with fraud after falsely claiming she was dying of cancer in a bid to get her "dream wedding".


Well-wishers donated a wedding dress, the rings, and a honeymoon time-share in Aruba to 25-year-old Jessica Vega, who said she had leukaemia.But the New York state attorney general's office said she had been indicted on charges of fraud and grand larceny, after investigating concerns initially voiced by her husband, Michael O'Connell.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said: "By pretending to have a terminal illness, Vega inexcusably took advantage of the community's hearts and minds and profited off of their generosity

To read the full story click HERE.

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