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Toni's Tarlov Cyst Disease

$280 of $65,000 goal
Given by 8 generous donors in around 9 months

My mum has a rare disease called Tarlov Cyst Disease. This disease has caused lesions of spinal fluid in the nerve roots. Her symptoms are

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The surgery needed cannot be performed in New Zealand. If she doesn’t get this done she could end up permanently in a wheelchair.

I have watched this disease torture my mum for 22 months; she cries alot from her daily pain, basic daily activities are difficult and she struggles looking after the younger children.

Please help her get treatment

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Update for 15/08/2014  15 August 2014

i can only dream of the day that i can have my life back, fund raising has stalled, lifes getting rather challenging, the longer this is left untreated the more my nerves are being damaged, and more of my sacrum bone is eroding away. i try to be positive but the weight of daily chronic pain is heavy to carry mentally and physically

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Shelley
Shelley on 27 Aug 2014
$20
Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 10 Mar 2014
Best wishes and God bless you all
$20
Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 07 Mar 2014
God bless xx
$5
Phillippa Cummins
Phillippa Cummins on 07 Mar 2014
Sending you the most positive and encouraging vibes I can muster Toni, you will be in my thoughts every day :-)
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Yvonne Davies
Yvonne Davies on 07 Mar 2014
$150

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This campaign started on 9 Apr 2014 and ended on 9 Jan 2015.