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Huntington's disease leads to restaurant ban
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/display.var.2387631.0.0.php
By Diana Pilkington

A Battersea woman with the degenerative disease Huntington's has been told
not to return to her favourite restaurant because her condition is putting
off the customers.

Catherine Blow, 47, has eaten at Portuguese restaurant Galo D'Ouro in
Queenstown Road almost every day for two and half years.

But last week the owner asked someone to pass on the message that she should
stay away.

Miss Blow, whose disease means she has difficulty speaking, said she is
"very upset" by the request.

Friends are concerned that she has lost a lifeline.

Neighbour Mary Fane-Gladwin said: "She rang me in tears. It made me so
angry. She's spent so much money there. She's a very courageous girl who
wants to be part of the community."


Miss Blow, who inherited the progressive disease from her father, has
suffered from Huntington's for 10 years.

The cousin of fashion designer Selina Blow, friends describe Catherine as a
"brilliant" painter with a BA and MA from prestigious art insitutions before
the disease took hold.

She now has great trouble controlling her movements.

Fransisco Conde, who owns Galo D'Ouro, said he was forced into his decision
because Miss Blow's appearance and physical condition was driving away
customers, with some even leaving the restaurant when she arrived.

Because she was losing control over her body, he said, her clothes did not
always stay up.

"I feel really sorry for her but I have to look at my situation as well," he
said.

"I can't sleep at night because of worries about my business. I will cook
takeaway for her. I like her but I can't accept her here."

Her cousin Amaury described it as a "very sad situation" and said he did not
blame anyone for what had happened.

"Catherine is a wonderful person who has through no fault of her own
inherited this illness, but unfortunately this has consquences not only for
her but for the restaurant. The owner has done his best for her," he said.

"Many people do not want to see sick people. The public do not want to see
the darker sides of life. That sort of attitude leaves people like Catherine
utterly isolated."