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Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
When Sharon Massey became Bexley?s youngest female mayor in May (and second youngest ever) she saw this as a great opportunity to step up her charity fundraising drive ? something she has devoted most of her life to.
But she didn?t just chose any two charities to support. One of them has a deeply personal meaning, and the other one is something which affects lots of people in the borough - they are the Diabetic Paediatrics Unit at Queen Mary?s Hospital in Sidcup and Carers? Support Bexley.
Almost six years ago, Sharon?s daughter Tori went for a routine doctor?s appointment. But he recommended she be taken immediately to Queen Mary?s Hospital in Sidcup and the then-eight-year-old collapsed in the waiting room.
It turned out she has type 1 diabetes and Sharon describes the diagnoses as the ?scariest experience of my life?.
http://www.bexleytimes.co.uk/news/bexley_s_youngest_female_mayor_takes_charity_initiative_1_2819348
But she didn?t just chose any two charities to support. One of them has a deeply personal meaning, and the other one is something which affects lots of people in the borough - they are the Diabetic Paediatrics Unit at Queen Mary?s Hospital in Sidcup and Carers? Support Bexley.
Almost six years ago, Sharon?s daughter Tori went for a routine doctor?s appointment. But he recommended she be taken immediately to Queen Mary?s Hospital in Sidcup and the then-eight-year-old collapsed in the waiting room.
It turned out she has type 1 diabetes and Sharon describes the diagnoses as the ?scariest experience of my life?.
http://www.bexleytimes.co.uk/news/bexley_s_youngest_female_mayor_takes_charity_initiative_1_2819348