Challenge Progress
I'm giving up for 30 days this September! Check out my progress below.
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Support my challenge to fight pancreatic cancer
This September, I'm giving up a vice to honour the 78 Australians who die from pancreatic cancer each week.
Pancreatic cancer is one of the toughest common cancer, and because early-stage pancreatic cancer rarely causes symptoms, the survival rates are devastating.
Right now, 12 Australians are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer every day. It is the 3rd biggest cancer killer in Australia.
But research can change this. Your support will fund groundbreaking pancreatic cancer research and improve survival rates.
So this September, I'm challenging myself to give up something I can't go without to fight this terrible disease.
Please make a donation to support me, and together...
We will remember them. We will honour them. We will fight for them.
My Tribute Post
I lost my husband, Thor, to pancreatic cancer 11 years ago and my family still feels that loss. He was diagnosed at the end of November 2014, after he had his annual blood test for cholesterol and blood sugars. What were thought was some stomach discomfort suddenly became "I'm very sorry this has happened to you." The finality of the doctor's platitude hit us both like an avalanche and I still feel the pang and distress of that day. With hindsight, he would not have gone through chemotherapy as it only robbed him of his favourite activities such as playing his guitars and working on his bonsai collection. It also took away his ability to try and complete his first draft of his PhD he was doing at ANU. He lost feeling in his fingers and toes, needing to wear shoes all the time to protect his feet. He finally passed on August 7, 2015, two weeks short of his 60th birthday. Each year, my four sons and I join together over Zoom to celebrate his birthday - August 25, 1955 - rather than his death to remember the wonderful times shared as a family and the incredible interests he had that inspired us all. Thor, I miss you so much every day and am thankful for the almost 40 years we shared together, a wonderful life with our four sons and a life made so much richer for having you in the heart of it.