Nicola Macfarlane was just 46 when she was told she had the life-limiting condition in May last year.
A group of kind-hearted friends are raising funds to support their pal after she was diagnosed with motor neurone disease .
Claire is also joined in her fundraising efforts with another friend Emma. Emma's dad passed away very suddenly from a brain tumour so the pair will be raising money for two charities, My Name'5 Doddie Foundation and The Brain Tumour Charity. Together they hope to raise as much money at their big fundraising event on August 17.
"Just over a year ago, my horse hadn't been well so we were back and forth to Clyde vets in Lanark and Nicola would chum me. So she was trying to hitch my trailer to the car and her hand wouldn't work, she couldn't do it." Speaking about the owners at the horse stables, she said: "She unfortunately had to then sell her horse as she couldn't look after it anymore. We had a very kind cash donation from June and Hugh Hunter who own Thornton Livery Yard Edinburgh. June was very fond of Nicola when she was there with her horses."
The women have set up a GoFundMe for people wishing to donate, in hope that they can raise funds for the buffet at the event and everything else to go to the two charities. Nicola was at one of their events recently, she said: "They are amazing, they've changed the landscape for people with MND. Their focus is on research and finding treatments, they are just dynamic and paving the way for people with MND."
She still works full time in the environment sector as a project manager. When asked about how it has been sicne her diagnosis, Nicola says "It's been very difficult, I just try and take it one day at a time and focus on what I can do. I try not to worry too much about the future."
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