Not a massive fan of rugby but have just seen that Gloucester Lock, Ed Slater has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease. Ed is a fellow addick and someone I follow on social media, he regularly tweets about the club and if he or his family visit this forum id like to wish you all the best with this battle and stay strong.
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All the best to both Ed Slater and his family
Wish you all the best Ed if you read this
There is so much about it on the local news up here because of Rob Borrows, the superhuman efforts of Kevin Sinfield, and Stephen Darby. The must be a link to contact sport? Doddie Weir, Mongo McMicheal and Fernando Rickson have all been inflicted with this terrible disease as well.
Ed Slater was an extremely talented second row forward who has been unlucky to play in an era when England have had an abundance of talented contenders for the two available slots in the team.
I wish him well and hope that the medics make some meaningful progress towards finding a cure and or alleviating the most distressing symptoms during the progression of his illness.
The Charlton family are thinking of one of their own.
Best wishes
To Ed Slater and all sufferers of this bastard disease may progress continue to be made in the fight against MND.