Help Saralee and the Sharplin whanau win her battle with Breast Cancer
For all those who know and love Saralee and her whanau, please donate and become one of Saralee's Angels in her fight against breast cancer.
Kinloch, Waikato
Kia ora kind friends and whanau of our Saralee. I am humbly reaching out on behalf of my friend to help her battle Breast Cancer.
On the 20th May 2024, Saralee was diagnosed with Intermediate to High Grade Ductal Carcinoma. Since March, after Saralee first noticed medical issues with her breasts, her diagnosis, treatment and care within the Public Health System has been compromised and riddled with sub-par treatment. Having recived multiple misdiagnoses, dismissive care, failures to communicate results, and an unwillingness to provide basic care, Saralee and her whanau have been forced to seek private health care, beyond her means, in order to achieve the best medical outcome possible.
Saralee underwent Bilateral Skin Sparing Mastectomy, Right Sentinel Node Biopsy and Immediate Reconstruction surgery on the 13th of August. Saralee’s General Surgeon removed the majority of the Ductal Carcinoma, but was unable to attain clear margins in the right breast due to extensive growth. Saralee came through like a boss and is currently at home recovering. Saralee is scheduled to see her surgeons on the 27th Aug, where she will receive her pathology results that will determine the path of treatments she must take.
Saralee continues to face months of recovery, medical treatment and travel between Kinloch and Auckland. The cost of cancer surgery, ongoing treatments coupled with everyday expenses is crippling, so your generosity will allow Saralee to focus on the long medical journey ahead.
Heidi Riley's involvement (page creator)
My name is Heidi and Saralee and I have been the closest of friends as my son's kaiako at Tauhara College. Thank you to all those Angels who have kindly donated, I would love us to continue helping her afford the treatment and care she still needs.
Use of funds
Your generosity will help Saralee pay for the bilateral mastectomies/sentinel node biopsy surgery costing $75,000. Any additional donations will help fund Saralee's recovery, transport, ongoing cancer treatments (further treatments unknown at this time, will update when known) and care. Please give a little.
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It is with a truly grateful, and incredibly full heart that I reach out to thank you, my generous friends and whanau, for the insurmountable and overwhelming love, support and generosity you continue to show me. 22 August 2024
Bless you all for renewing my hope and faith in all that is possible. Over the past 5 months, I have spent countless hours questioning my life and whether the cost of saving it is justified. The thought of creating a Give a little Page was incredibly uncomfortable and is still challenging for me. Growing up with little; putting my hands out, being outwardly vulnerable and asking for help, has always been difficult and not something my whanau do. For this reason, I am forever grateful to my darling Heidi, for starting my page for me xx
When asked, the hardest part of this breast cancer journey has been watching the pain my loved ones are going through, suffering from the sidelines. It breaks me to know that there is no ACC cover or income protection for those diagnosed with cancer, so every donation generously gifted is enabling my whanau and I to pay off my Breast Cancer Surgery and to afford my ongoing cancer treatment, care and associated costs.
To receive the outpouring of donations from you all has had my parents, Lucy and Pete, in disbelief and tears. We are incredibly humbled knowing that even given these tough times, that you continue to dig so deeply to help me fight this fight. There are no words that can adequately express how much gratitude and love I have for each and every one of you.
Aroha nui for believing in me, for valuing me and for continuing to generously donate towards my battle with breast cancer.
E kore e ea i te kupu taku aroha mōu 💚s
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Arohanui and bless you gorgeous girl xx your kindness and generosity means so much to me xx thank you for being there hun xx s
Bless you, my darling Annemie and Ropata xx Thank you very much for your kindness and generosity xx It means so much to me and mine xx arohanui xx s
Bless you, amazing Josh xx Thank you for your kindness and generosity xx We appreciate you and the bounce back is going strong xx arohanui xx s
Bless your hearts, Dylan, Lyrik, Charlie-Joe and Alaya xx Thank you so very much for your kindness and generosity xx It means the world to me and my whanau xx s
Bless you, gorgeous Waverley xx Thank you for you kindness and generosity xx My whanau and I appreciate you so very much xx arohanui xx s
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