I am running the Paris Marathon in April to raise money for the Fondation Française pour la Recherche sur l'Epilepsie. Getting diagnosed with epilepsy changed my life and what I thought my future was going to look like and research into the disease is so important to allowing people to live as normal a life as possible after the diagnosis. Epilepsy is a lifelong disease and the research and work conducted by the FFRE is crucial to reducing the discrimination people with epilepsy face, improving drug treatments, providing patient and family support and ensuring hospitals have the correct equipment to accurately diagnose the disease. This is all very close to my heart; it is a very isolating experience going through an epilepsy diagnosis and having the support of a charity like FFRE goes a very long way!