About J.A.Y.S.

Welcome to Jackie, Anthony & Yvonnes site. We call oursleves J.A.Y.s after our initials.

When my wife contracted Multiple Sclerosis she decided that she would like to raise funds to help fight this disabling neurological disease.

Our friend Yvonne said she would gladly help, so we set about raising fund .

We live in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire and this is our site to show you what we`ve been up to and to advertise our events.

With the money raised, half we are going to give towards research into this terrible disease and the other half towards local specialist nurses.

Take a minute to have a look at what we`re up to, click on the picture to enter the site, and hopefully we`ll see you at one of our events.

After you`ve looked around our site, sign our guest book and please leave us a message to let us know how we are getting on.

About Jackie:

Hi I`m Jackie Turpin. I`m 49 years old and was born in Birmingham but have lived most of my life in Bromsgrove, worcestershire. My husband and I have two children, Claire whos 23 and Carl who is 21. We also have two Border Terriers, Bess who is 12 years old, We named her after Dick Turpins horse, Black Bess, and Barley who is 10 years old, we bred her ourselves, Bess being her mother.

Carl & Claire, Bess doing her bit & Barley

About my M.S.

~ Diagnosed in october 2002 - symptoms since 1997

~ Relaspsing remiting M.S.

~ My syptoms have included - Optic Neuritus, Fatigue ( have to have a lot of rest ) achey muscles, double vision, dead cold feet ( prone to tripping/ stumbling ) weakness in arms especially my left arm, very servre head pains, reduced vision in my right eye.

~ M.S is not a part of our family.

~ I have had accupuncture which was very useful.

~ I started to take Rebiff but the side effects were too much for me to handle.

~ To give my health the best chance. I try to do things I enjoy. I take my vitamin pills, drink loads of filtered water, try to avoid stress and becoming overtired and eating healthily most of the time. I try to be happy & keep smiling.

~ I Wanted to start J.A.Y.S to raise money for M.S and along the way have made some lovely new friends, enjoyed all of our events and raised £15,000 to date.

About Tony:

Hi, I`ve been married to Jackie for 26 years and I still love her as much now as i did way back then. I am 47 years old and was born in Birmingham childrens hospital. I lived in Northfield for 16 years, then moved to Bromsgrove.

I work for Birminghan city council and I am based at Cofton Nursery. At the nursery we grow all the plants / flowers for the islands, beds and parks for the city centre and all of the parks south of Birmingham. We even won three `Britian in Bloom`gold medals last year.

About Yvonne:

Hi my name is Yvonne and i`m 58 years old. I have two wonderful sons, Richard & James . I have been in nursing for 34 years. Jackie & Tony are very special to me and are like family.

Although it is hard work fundraising for M.S it is very rewarding.

We have met some lovley kindhearted people in the time we have been fund raising and I hope it will continue. We are grateful to those people who are supporting us.

About Janet:

I am seperated with two daughters and seven grandchildren. I have worked in care for over 31 years. I have lots of qualifications in this field and enjoy being with people. I am hard working and upfront.

I love to have a good laugh and feel this is good for the soul. I have a wicked sense of humour. I like to think that I can get along with people from all walks of life.

I met Tony and Jackie through Yvonne and enjoy helping at the events J.A.Y.s put on.

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