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Rachaels stage 3 cancer fight.

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This is Rachael. Rachael is wife to Garry, mum to myself-Sarah and Jess,mother in law to Declan & Damien and nanna to Ella, Olivia, Wilhemina & Juniper.

Rachael and Garry are kind and generous to a fault, and now it is them who are in need.

Rachael has been recently diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma of the bowel - stage 3 colorectal cancer. She has been experiencing incredibly debilitating symptoms for many months now, and upon finally being sent for a colonoscopy and referred on, has found that it has spread through the bowel wall and suspected lymph nodes.

We have been told that she is at risk of it spreading undetected to the liver and lungs, due to the spread through her bowel wall, and without chemotherapy this could develop for sometime before being picked up on scans.

The oncology team have recommended an extreme treatment regime consisting of 6 months of chemotherapy and radiation, followed by a complex surgery that would remover her entire bowel and leave her with a colostomy bag. Obviously this has come as quite devastating news to all of us.

We really need Rachael to win this fight, so we are doing everything we can possibly think of to help her do that. We have been blessed with a wealth of information from others that have been through this situation that have helped us fast track this process. This is where oncological naturopathy comes in. We have found and started working with a very brilliant naturopath who will work with mum at all stages. To help lessen her symptoms from the chemo, lessen the symptoms of the cancer, build her immune system to fight the cancer the way it should and build her physical strength to bolster her for the surgery and just improve her overall quality of life!

This will use food, supplements, oh so many supplements, and lifestyle changes, to bring about a radical shift in health that should also help kick this cancers butt!

This is where you come in! The funds we are trying to raise here will go directly towards these extra efforts in the following ways to help mum :

1. Supplemental care that will cultivate a healthier landscape for the goodness in her body to thrive and mutate, and make it an unfriendly environment for cancer to carry on building.

2. To pay for her naturopath sessions which will aim to increase her vitality in mind body and spirit.

3. To buy high quality organic food to nourish her body.

4. To access high dose intravenous vitamin c through a private clinic between chemotherapy sessions

5. To 100% focus on this journey without the financial stress. This will allow Garry to work on a casual basis that brings in money for their living expenses but can also take time off when he's needing to care for Rachael.

The thing is, i know that i feel like asking for money is weird and hard and so is asking for help, but we live in a world where for better or worse, we NEED money to survive. SO when shit is hitting the fan like it is right now, and has been all year, money is a really helpful thing to give. Especially if you're far away and unable to help in other practical ways.

Every donation, big or small, means more time mum can fight this without having to worry about having access to a holistic health plan with her wellness at heart.

We thankyou in advance from the bottom of our hearts.

send a message of love light and strength to build her up xx



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Sarah o'sullivan
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Delburn, VIC

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