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Please help this young mum battling breast cancer

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Please help ease Natalie's financial stress while she is battling breast cancer xx

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My friend and co-worker Natalie Garner was recently diagnosed with Invasive Breast Cancer and has just had a mastectomy and will soon start a course of chemotherapy in Dunedin hospital.

Natalie is 32yrs old and is raising her 7 year old son Ethan in Cromwell. Natalie discovered a lump on her breast about 3 months ago and doctors told her it was just a cyst and that she was too "young" to have cancer. 10 weeks on the lump had tripled in size and she was working full time when she was diagnosed with Invasive Breast Cancer and had to leave her job to start her long journey back to recovery. She is in great financial stress as she is unable to work anymore and all funds will go towards helping her pay her day to day bills, living costs, medical and travel costs as well as help her raise her little boy.

Natalie is one of the most strongest woman I have ever met and has remained positive and always has a smile on her face. She describes her day- to- day life now, like "climbing a mountain" and she is going to fight this all the way. Natalie wants all woman no matter what age to check their breasts as this can happen to anyone at anytime and please get a second opinion if you have doubts.

I know Natalie's friends and family would like to help her in anyway they can, so any contribution would be a big help to Natalie and very much appreciated.

We love you Nat.....you got this girl!!! xxxx

Stay strong 💪

Toni Rollo's involvement (page creator)

I am Natalies friend and Co-worker. I have known Natalie for a few years and would like to help her get through this tough time while battling breast cancer, and raising her 7year old son Ethan.

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Money raised will go towards Natalie's living, medical and travel costs as well as helping her raise her little boy Ethan.

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Update on Natalie 🎗  23 January 2019

Nat has to have her teeth pulled in the next week then chemo starts in 2 weeks, she will have it once every 2 weeks for 3 months then she will start radio therapy for 5 days a week for 6 weeks Nats breast cancer was 5cm which is like a golf ball it's triple negative which is the worst. She has to have a urgent full body scan and bone scan to see if its gone any where else in her body, if it has it may not be cureable. She's just had her breast drained which was pretty sore

Stay strong Nat. We love you xxx

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This campaign started on 13 Jan 2019 and ended on 28 Feb 2019.