Donna urgently needs our help to fund her last ditch hope of unfunded treatment.

$1,500 donated
Given by 29 generous donors in 4 weeks

Donna has beaten cancer but is now fighting a debilitating mast cell disorder and needs unfunded medication to help her get her life back

Manawatu / Whanganui

In the last 5 years Donna has beaten breast cancer but has developed a debilitating mast cell disease which can trigger allergic reactions to just about anything.

Not only has she experienced episodes of life threatening anaphylactic shock, she has also suffered significant side effects from this condition resulting in 20 hospital admissions in the last 2 years and it has progressively got worse.

She has developed severe diabetes which means that she has to inject insulin multiple times a day. Because she takes so many steroids her skin has become paper thin and that the slightest injury or pressure on her skin results in further allergic reactions causing bruising, swelling and inflammation She hasn't had a full night's sleep in over 2 years but struggles to use the CPAP machine because of her fragile skin and an allergic reaction to that.

She often breaks out in massive rashes all over her body that result in uncontrollable itching and swelling in her lips and eyes from angioedema

She suffers from severe fatigue and this impacts on her ability to work all the while trying to maintain some kind of a normal life.

She has tried a number of medications with no success however there is one option left to her but that medication is not funded. There is a really good success rate in others that have used this drug but unfortunately it is not readily available in NZ nor is it funded. Treatment is required monthly for the rest of Donna's life at a cost of $1400 per treatment monthly. We need to get her first treatment paid for by Wednesday 25 October so please donate now - every little bit will help.

Denise Wallace's involvement (page creator)

Donna is my 48 year old baby sister who has a loving family comprising her husband and two sons aged 24 and 14. She has shown immense courage and spirit over the last 5 years and we all want to provide her with every opportunity to try to claw back her quality of life.

Use of funds

Funds raised will be used to cover the cost of the first few treatments and if they are successful then we will be lobbying to get this medication funded long term.

Donna lives in Palmerston North but the treatment must be administered in Wellington initially so we'll also need help to pay for travel and accommodation in Wellington.

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Fantastic News - First treatment down and all is going really well - so far so good!!   2 November 2017

Donna had her first dose of treatment administered at Wellington hospital last week and the results have been really positive - in her words she has been "spotless" since then!! (I know that's a really bad pun... sorry)

While she's had a speed bump or two and is experiencing a few side effects that she knew may occur, she is felling really positive about what benefits this drug can offer and how much improvement she could experience with ongoing monthly treatments.

Time is flying by so she will be due to have the second dose she needs, to see if it will be a sustained or even better improvement and that's at a cost of $1400 again in two weeks time.

Following that we will be actively lobbying Pharmac and whoever else we need to in an effort to try and get this subsidised for her.

Donna, Ants, Aaron, Lleyton, Debbie, me and our extended family are very humbled and eternally grateful for the support we've received to date.

Please do continue to share this as publicly and as widely as possible to spread the help around as every little bit helps achieve this treatment for Donna and will help raise our profile as we commence lobbying for assistance.

PS I'll try to coax her into an updated photo so you can see the difference already :)

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Latest donations

Tracy (Kat’s Sister)
Tracy (Kat’s Sister) on 03 Nov 2017
$20
Trees and Dean
Trees and Dean on 03 Nov 2017
$50
Dan and Lena
Dan and Lena on 03 Nov 2017
Thought with you and the family Donna - keep battling, you are a legend!
$30
Moira
Moira on 03 Nov 2017
Good luck!
$25
Kerri ♡ Aalyha ♡ Jahylaa
Kerri ♡ Aalyha ♡ Jahylaa on 02 Nov 2017
Love you DonDon. The girls and I hope u smash the shit out of this like you do everything.
$100
Denise Wallace

Thanks so much for your generous love and support Kerri we are all truly grateful for the many wonderful people in Donna's life making this possible as well as some very kind and generous donors who we haven't met.

Denise Wallace

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This campaign started on 12 Oct 2017 and ended on 10 Nov 2017.