Donate to help send the Clarkes on a Holiday

Hey Team,

One of our long time members Lyndell, has recently been diagnosed with Stage 4 Bowel Cancer. So we wanted to try and doing something to support her and her family while she takes on the biggest battle of her life.

We are going to hold a special Fund Raiser Saturday down at the gym in an effort to raise some money for Lyndell and her family to send them off on a mini holiday.

Below is Lyndell's story.

"My Tuesday, 25 July started like any other. I got myself and my kids ready for the day, did the school drop off and then went to the gym. Mid-workout out I started experiencing pain which became extreme pain and saw me sent to the Emergency Department. It was this Tuesday, 25 July that my life changed forever and I was diagnosed with Bowel Cancer.

I wasn’t given any indication of the severity of the diagnosis at this stage, but it completely blindsided me. There is no family history of this cancer, my body showed none of the ‘typical’ symptoms and the symptoms that was presented was put down to my previously diagnosed Endometriosis. Along with my endo, I also had what I was told was a cyst on my ovary which apparently shouldn’t be a cause for concern. Further testing confirmed that my tumour was Stage 4 and my ovarian cyst was not a cyst, but was in fact my cancer that had spread.

I can’t explain the numbness that I felt when I was told that my cancer is Stage 4, but the category is not getting in the way of my determination to beat this. I have done surgery to remove the tumours, part of my bowel and my right ovary. I have been told that the surgery was as successful as my medical team had hoped and now I am staring down the barrel of a course of chemo to really kick this cancer to the curb.

Mentally, I am taking my diagnosis one day at a time and that is keeping me focussed. With the love and support from my husband, my kids and my immediate and extended family, I have the drive and determination to not let this get the better of me."