Dear all,

I am raising money for SSAFA amd PoTS UK. Details about these charities can be found below. Donations can be made through BT Donate and searching for 'simon conrad', or use the address: https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/simonconrad1 . Please help me to get this message out by passing it onto your friends and colleagues.

The Armed Forces charity, SSAFA, has played a pivotal role in supporting my family as we have come to terms with a chronic systemic illness called PoTS. Through SSAFA's efforts, my wife now has an adapted, powered wheelchair that helps us to be a family again.

Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (PoTS) is a life altering health condition. For my wife, simply sitting & standing is impossible without medication, as her body is unable to adjust to gravity. PoTS sufferers can also have a genetic disorder called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS). My wife has this, resulting in tube feeding and in the future, gastric surgery.

PoTS UK supports individual patients, and educates the public and medical professionals to this widely unknown condition by funding and sharing up to date medical research. PoTS UK offers hope that life can be enjoyed while living with this condition.