Claire devoted her life to helping others. Now she has terminal cancer. It's bucketlist time!
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My sister-in-law, Claire Christie, was diagnosed with advanced stage IV bowel cancer in June 2013. Claire's been proactive in helping herself with a strict natural diet and supplements to hep fight the cancer and support her immune system through many months of chemotherapy. Claire is reluctant to ask for help, being much more used to the role of carer than patient.
Claire has devoted a big portion of her life to helping others. She's cared for the elderly and has assisted Meals On Wheels (sometimes with a baby in the car!). She spent many years helping new mothers with breastfeeding and parenting. She's also fostered teenagers in crisis, and spent many hours talking through issues and working a way through them with people in need.
Her fight is a tough one. She's struggled with being off work and having to devote her life to surviving. Mike, her loving partner, has been battling injury and off work also. This has meant some tough times financially for them both. Claire's attitude is amazing, but it's been incredibly challenging (not that she ever complains). Everyone who loves her wants to help her cross things off her bucketlist while there's still time. So we're aiming to fundraise to help her achieve some goals.
Claire's bucketlist is a simple one. She'd like to marry her sweetheart, Mike. She'd like to travel to the UK to see family and a foster daughter who is also gravely ill. She'd like to restore her boat to sail over summer. I'm sure if we all work together we can help achieve these dreams.
NOTE - Claire achieved her dream of marrying Mike on March 28th. Now we're trying to fulfill her goal of getting to Europe to see family and her foster daughter.
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