David is riding his bike from Brisbane to Sydney (1300kms!) to raise funds and awareness for muscular dystrophy after his brother, Peter was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy last year.
“In July 2017 my brother, Peter (28), took himself to the Doctor’s after he started having major restrictions in his body movement – mainly upper body. It wasn’t until October 2017 that his first Rheumatologist diagnosed him with Psoriatic Arthritis with Fibromyalgia. Post diagnosis and months of treatment and intense medication little progress was made which lead to a different Rheumatologist who was not convince of the diagnoses and after consultation with a Neurologist who began the testing for Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD).
It is now November 2018 and the Doctors are yet to diagnose the specific type of FSHD.
This is my motivation for raising funds for Muscular Dystrophy Australia to aid in research in getting a better understanding of the disease”, says David.
David will be departing Brisbane on Saturday 1 December and expecting to reach Sydney by 15 December!
His itinerary is as follows:
1 December /Stage 1: Stafford Squash Club (244 Kitchener Rd, Stafford)
1 December / Stage 1: Brisbane - > Gold Coast
2 December / Stage 2: Gold Coast -> Ballina
3 December / Stage 3: Ballina -> Yamba
4 December / Stage 4: Yamba -> Minnie Waters
5 December / Stage 5: Minnie Waters -> Coffs Habour
6 December / Stage 6: Coffs Harbour -> South West Rocks
7 December / Stage 7: South West Rocks -> Crescent Heads
8 December / Stage 8: Crescent Heads -> Port Macquarie
9 December / Stage 9: Port Macquarie -> Diamond Beach
10 December / Stage 10: Diamond Beach -> Hawks Nest
11 December / Stage 11: Hawks Nest -> Nelsons Bay
12 December / Stage 12: Nelsons Bay -> Newcastle
13 December / Stage 13: Newcastle -> Central Coast
14 December / Stage 14: Central Coast -> Palm Beach
15 December / Stage 15: Palm Beach -> Balgowlah
Keep it in touch with David's progress by following him on Doit4Pete Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/events/556048044860086/
Well done