Help the Crispins out - one day at a time
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Hi, my name is Anna Crispin and I am a wife to my darling husband, and mother to 3 beautiful kids.
We're asking for help, to provide fully cooked meals, some nights a week, and a cleaner once a week. I've had some beautiful friends providing meals occasionally, but the effort it takes to get them here is deterring a lot of people. I feel if people could put $5 a week towards this happening, that we could fund the meals being made by others and the amount of work lessened.
I was diagnosed with Stage 2, grade 3 Breast cancer in October 2020. I've gotten through 5 grueling months of chemotherapy.. hair loss, sickness, exhaustion. With a smile on my face. With help from my friends.. and 3 kids and a massive renovation in tow.
I then went through a mastectomy, a huge operation, recovery... And then started my "easier phase" of treatment, targeted hormone therapy.
This therapy, as necessary as it is to prevent recurrence of breast cancer, has messed our lives up more than we could've ever imagined. The hormone blockers are causing huge inflammation in all of my joints, making walking difficult and painful, every day tasks a chore that can bring me to tears, leaving me hobbling around, sometimes bedridden, sleeplessness, and huge anxiety.
The exact cause is still being investigated, with every Dr more uncertain than the last. I've been hospitalized, been put through every x-ray machine, and more investigation to come.
The outcome is not going to be great, but I know I can face it with my God, my family and friends behind me.
I have more major surgery in March (the other mastectomy, and then breast reconstruction using my stomach) and if I can't get on top of this pain, I'll have to delay it.
Any amount that you could put towards us having ready made meals delivered, to save my 2 Hour food shop that would take anyone else 30 mins, the grueling 20 mins stood in the kitchen stirring and cooking..
Anything is appreciated more than you could know.
With love,
The Crispins
Xoxo
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Anna Crispin
Organizer
Mount George SA