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Help Josie in her fight against cancer

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I have set up this go fund me for my Amazing 53 year old aunt Josephine O'Dowd who right now needs all the help she can get. She is fighting cancer for the second time in 5 years & is now relying on Alternative medicine because she has been receiving Chemo so long her platelets are worryingly low & it's damaging her bone marrow. So right now the only thing keeping her alive is the alternative medicine. In 2013 Josie was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer which is very rare & has a very low survival rate. After undergoing a Mastectomy, Chemotherapy & Radiation treatment she was given the all clear & was cancer free. Unfortunately in 2017 she found a lump in her neck & doctors confirmed it was Cancer but this time because of where the lump is she could not be operated on and was given a long term care plan & told her cancer was incurable. Along with Chemotherapy Josie turned to alternative medicine. The type of cancer that she has is expected by doctors to spread to other parts of the body but thankfully so far it hasn't & because she has not been receiving the Chemo as she should the only explanation for this is the alternative medicine she is taking.   Unfortunately this doesn't come cheap & that's why I am asking for your help. She had to stop working at the beginning of this year & like us all she is struggling to keep her head above water so if I could raise enough to keep her fight going a little longer & not having her worrying about getting the money together for her medicine I would be so grateful.  Anyone that knows Josie knows what an amazing woman she is & she has always been there for me & so many others. Josie has recently become a grandmother & wants to see her little granddaughter grow up. She's not ready to leave & we are not ready to loose her so if you can spare anything no matter how small it really would be appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to read Josie's story x

Organizer and beneficiary

DENISE MCCORMACK
Organizer
Josephine Shortt
Beneficiary

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