Help! fund Trikafta, it will not only extend Sarahs life but give her a chance to breathe and live a normal life with her son and husband
Auckland
Please help fund Trikafta - The game changer for Cystic Fibrosis
CF is a genetic disease in which thick, sticky mucus builds up in organs, most seriously, the lungs. It is often fatal in early adulthood.
This year I'd like to be given the opportunity to try ..Trikafta.
My daily life:
• Excruciating painful spasms all over my ribs, back & neck.
• Severely distended abdomen related to Cystic Fibrosis complex gut issues.
• inflammed arthritic Joint pain.
• Constantly suffocating in my own mucus daily even after physio therapy (mucus clearance).
•Severe brain fog.
•Endless asthma medicine inhalations through the nebuliser, oral & I.v antibiotics throughout the year. Anti fungal drugs.
•Extreme dizzy episodes that leave me struggling to keep my balance at times.
• Insomia related to Coughing, gasping, waking up multiple times, choking on my own mucus as I try to sleep.
• The endless infected exacerbations, my lungs taking hit after hit.
At 41 years Ive come so far and am grateful for living this long but...
Nobody knows the silent tears cried every day between these 4 walls. wishing that I could go for a family walk, bike ride, family outing WITHOUT suffering painful lung spasms- eg. (like a tight band severely restricting my breathing so I'm left panting.) Coughing fits ultimately leading to extreme exhaustion.
I want to be a mum & a wife who thrives- not strives just to survive.
https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/03/29/cystic-fibrosis-sufferer-born-again-after-using-miracle-drug/
As Sarahs friend I can not stand by and do nothing. She has battled long enough with CF. Before I met Sarah I never realized how much we take breathing for granted. Please contribute to give Sarah quality of life that she deserves.
Trikafta ($300, 000per year in NZ) can change a life threatening condition into a manageable disease and is not funded in NZ. Sarah is 41yrs & The life expectancy in NZ for CF sufferers is between 35 to 44 years, so time is not on her side.
Pharmac wont fund Trikafta and so, We need your help now more than ever! 26 May 2022
We have cracked the $8000 mark and hit a milestone for our fundraising page for Sarah. Thank goodness for that, because we now need your help more than ever as Pharmac have just recently decided not to fund Trikafta which means it must be self funded. I guess there was always a hope in the back of our minds that Pharmac might fund it. So for now let's keep sharing and encouraging our friends/family/schoolmates and colleagues to contribute if they are able to. Thanks again everyone and remember that we can only do this together ❤
Hi Hope. Thanks so much. 🤩
Hi Marcelo. Thanks so much for your donation. ❤
Thank you Rebecca. We really appreciate it. 🙂
Thanks so much for your contribution. ❤
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