ENGLISH VERSION

My name is Jacek Gaworski.

I am 44. For 22 years I have been competitively training fencing.

As a foilist I have been representing my club, my city and my country with success all over the world.  I have won scores of medals.

Many times I have won Poland’s championship in all age categories.  For a long time I was member of Poland’s national and Olympic team.  Fencing has always given me lots of satisfaction. When I was collecting my medals, I never complained that no income was generated. At that time sport was most important and I could not predict that a time would come that no money would make it impossible for me to fight my illness.  And the illness came unexpectedly.  In 2004, from one to another, my eyesight deteriorated so much that I could only see blurred outlines.  My speech became incoherent, hands were like not my own, and I could not hold anything.  I lost sensation from my waist downwards. I stayed a long time at hospital, a series of tests followed by a diagnosis: Sclerosis Multiplex.

The world collapsed. From being an active person I became an inert sack, depending on others and the Polish health care system. All of a sudden, from being surrounded by lots of people, applauded by the audience, I am here alone, only with my family.

The club, the city, the state did not help me at all.

As I have always been a sportsman at heart, I faced the challenge of my life. I stepped up to fight. I continue fighting for every single movement.  I fight for everything that is obvious for a healthy person.  Unfortunately, treatment of SM is not refunded by Poland’s heal

th system and the medications are extremely expensive.  I am beginning to lose the fight and I will lose it without being supported. To cover the costs of treatment and rehabilitation, we have sold everything of value but that is not enough.  In January this year a new drug was registered and admitted for sale in the European market- a new hope for me. In clinical tests, the drug manifested ability to stop progress of the illness and to reconstruct damaged nerves.

Unfortunately, the cost of monthly dose is PLN 9100n (circa 2270 €).

That is why I ask for help.

Personal account:
Jacek Gaworski
Wrocław , ul. Komuny Paryskiej 39-41/9
ING BANK ŚLĄSKI S.A.
IBAN code : PL12105015751000009046472214
SWIFT : INGBPLPW

Foundation:
Dobro Powraca – Fundacja na rzecz Chorych na stwardnienie rozsiane
important to insert as title of the transfer: TREATMENT OF JACEK GAWORSKI
BRE Bank SA
IBAN code: PL 95 1140 1140 0000 2133 5400 1001
SWIFT: BREXPLPWWRO