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The prizes have been drawn and the

winners posted in the Digi Images section.

A benefit night will be held for Lyndall on the 10th September 2011.

Click here for tickets to the benefit night

Raffle tickets can be purchased here

This is a little bit about Lyndall’s struggle written by her best friend Sue

Lyndall is the most incredible and inspiring person I have ever met.She fought and won her battle with Cancer Ewing’s Sarcoma in her late teens, this battle meant she had to have her finger amputated to totally beat it. Heart breaking as it was. She soldiered on.This battle took a toll on her, but her can do attitude got her through. Years passed and the cancer lay dormant and what we thought was totally gone.But this year the rare cancer she had in her late teens manifested its ugly head yet again. This time it came back as a tumour resting on her heart.For the past 4 months she has undergoing extensive Chemotherapy to try and eradicate it. With baited breathe we have prayed and prayed for yet another recovery. But this time we are not as lucky. Her specialist is of the belief that the tumour is not going to shrink away totally from the chemo and radiotherapy and it remains inoperable. This means that it will most likely start to grow again and may start to spread.If I can quote from Lyndall during her battle she has said to her family and friends “Believe you me, long before Lorna Jane put it on a t-shirt my mantra has been “Never Give UP!!”

Here is a link to a newspaper article in the Port Macquarie News.

And,another article in The Western Weekender.

Lyndall Currie Facebook Page

Blue Mountains Gazette

NOTE : The prize draw from the digi image section has been extended to the 5th October,I will draw the winners sometime that day,this means you will also have until 5th October to purchase any of these images before the store is gone for good.

100% of all of the money raised through this online store will be donated to Lyndall Currie

If you would like to know anything about the benefit night, or have something you would like to donate. Please contact me via this link Cheryl

Another update email from lyndall (16th October 2011)

Hi everyone,

I cannot believe that it’s been over 6 weeks since I sent my last update email. The time just goes by so quickly, someone told me this week it’s only 10 weeks until Christmas – can you believe it??

Since I sent my last email the benefit night held to raise funds for myself, Chris & Noah took place on 10th September. What a fantastic night it was! We had a great time catching up with everyone that was there and enjoyed the entertainment by Elvis and Cosimo. Noah had such a blast, he hardly spent any time with Chris & I during the night, he was too busy running amuck with Alex (his cousin) and Sebastian (his mate) – sorry to those of you who got home to find your red heart lollypop was missing from your goodie bag, I’m unsure exactly how many the kids devoured!! A huge thank you to my friend Sue for conceiving the idea and making it happen and to my Mum, Margaret, my sister Melissa, friends Lyn, Michelle, Cheryl and Kellie for their involvement in the night, we will be forever grateful. We will also be forever grateful to all of those people that contributed financially to this evening – thank you so much.

On Monday 12th September I commenced the first round of the my new chemo regime. This involves being in hospital from Monday to Saturday, going down to the oncology unit daily for my chemo then going back to the ward. I need to be treated as an inpatient because I have to be kept on fluids for the entire time I’m there to ensure my body is being flushed sufficiently as one of the two chemo drugs can tear away the lining of my bladder. For the week that I’m in hospital I don’t feel too bad, I have no nausea (thanks to the copious amounts of anti-nausea drugs I get given) and I get plenty of rest so I thought I’d be okay when I went home – WRONG!! I had some mild nausea and was extremely tired for 3 – 4 days, my Dad came to stay and help me with Noah while Chris was at work. By about Thursday I was starting to feel normal again, which was really nice but I was not looking forward Monday as I knew it was going to happen all again.

Monday 19th September I was back in for the second round. The blood test I’d had on the previous Friday had shown a white blood cell count of 0, which means they can’t proceed with chemo so I was half expecting the oncology nurses to tell me to go home for a week – no such luck!! On Monday morning, my white blood cell count had miraculously recovered and chemo could go ahead – YAY!! (Yes, I’m being sarcastic.) So again, I was in hospital until Saturday afternoon and then went home. Unfortunately, this time I experienced all the side effects that chemo can throw at you and felt the worst I have ever since starting chemo back in April. Thankfully my Mum was able to come and stay with us to help Chris around the house and to give me that motherly love I so needed. On the Tuesday after the long weekend I went back to the oncology unit for a blood transfusion and by the end of the day I was feeling a lot better. On Wednesday morning I spiked a fever so was back in the oncology unit for the day but thankfully got to go home in the afternoon with some oral antibiotics. When I got home on Wednesday I received the very sad news that my friend Ilana, who had been battling neck cancer for the past 18 months had passed away that day, aged 34 years. Needless to say, the last fortnight has been very challenging and Noah has really struggled with me being in hospital, it’s so hard to see him going through all of this but he has so much love and support around him Chris & I just have to trust that this will be enough to help him get through this chapter of our lives.

It’s not all bad though, the last 4 days I’ve felt really good and have spent some quality time with Chris & Noah and have also managed to catch up with some friends, which has been lots of fun.

Tomorrow morning I head back for my third round of this regime, which is the last round before my CT scan to see how things are progressing. I figure, if it hurts this much it’s gotta be killing this tumour!!

I will be in touch again once I have the results from my CT scan, hopefully that should only be a matter of a few weeks.

Love to you all.

Lyndall xx

Below is an update email from Lyndall about what has happened over the last few weeks.(Posted here 27/8/2011).

Hi everyone,

I thought it was about time I put “pen to paper” to let you all know what’s going on at the moment.

It’s been a busy few weeks and for someone who’s not working now I’m not sure where the days and weeks go to. I resigned from my job about a month ago to enable me to focus entirely on my health, treatment and family.

About 3 weeks ago we went to Prince of Wales Hospital at Randwick to meet with the Professor for a second opinion. It was a good meeting and he suggested that I have more chemo using drugs that I haven’t had as yet but have been known to be effective on Ewing’s Sarcoma. The plan is to have 3 rounds and then do a CT scan, if the chemo’s not working then we will move to radiation therapy. If the chemo is reducing the size of the tumour then they will continue with another 3 rounds. This chemo is quite intensive and is given over 5 consecutive days so I will need to be in hospital for a week, they are hoping to do this every 2 weeks so it’s going to pretty full on with little time between treatments to feel “normal”. Before I start chemo I need to have a “porta cath” inserted in my chest for them to administer the chemo through – this is due to happen next Wednesday 31st August and chemo is due to start on Monday 12th September.

We also met with the local radiation oncologist and discussed what would be involved in radiation treatment. I would only have approx 10 – 12 treatments given over the course of 2.5 weeks, this is not enough radiation to get rid of the cancer, just to manage the size of it. Anymore radiation than 12 treatments results in a too high a risk of spinal cord damage and heart damage.

So for those of you who keep me in your prayers, I need you to pray that these next rounds of chemo considerably reduce the size of the tumour, the smaller the tumour when radiation starts the better. I’ve been having weekly Reiki sessions and I have to visualise that the tumour is getting smaller, so if you could all visualise the tumour reducing in size too that would be great – maybe the power of people’s minds can get rid of this horrible thing!!!

It was Noah’s 3rd birthday a couple of weeks ago and we had a birthday party for him at one of the local indoor play centres. He had 8 little friends come to his party and we had heaps of family and friends there too, he had a blast and was very impressed with his Banana’s in Pyjamas cake (I’ve attached a photo for you). He’s such a funny little character at the moment, he’s really found his independence and is not afraid to voice his opinion. This can be challenging at times but he also provides us with plenty of funny moments!!

On 5th August our friend, Geoff Blenman shaved his head at his workplace, which is Rams Home Loans. Geoff raised over $2300, the majority of this money coming from the different Rams franchisee’s so thank you to them for their donations and of course a very big thank you to Geoff who managed to get this event organised in just a couple of weeks.

Last Saturday my hometown of Springwood held a fundraising BBQ organised by the “Old Bastards” at the Royal Hotel. This was instigated by an old school friend of mine and her step dad, who is a member of the “Old Bastards”. They raised over $700 and sold $350 worth of raffle tickets for the Benefit Night were sold, another great effort.

There is plenty happening over the next couple of weeks before I start chemo again. Next Wednesday 31st August my friend in Port Macquarie Fiona Rodgers is shaving her head. Since she launched this campaign about a month ago she’s already managed to raise over $5000 for us, which is an outstanding effort. One of the local cafes, Cafe Fondue is opening their doors to us and allowing the shave to take place on site. Not only is Fiona shaving her head but her seven year old son, Sebastian is shaving his head as well – what a champion!! For all you local Port Macquarie people, come on down to Cafe Fondue from 6.30pm next Wednesday 31st August, we would love to see you there. Fiona is asking for a gold coin donation at the door and there are going to be some great prizes and maybe some items up for auction.

On Saturday 10th September my friend Sue Blenman is organising a Benefit Fundraising Night for us at Penrith RSL, tickets to this event are selling fast so if you’re planning on coming make sure you get your ticket soon. Tickets can be purchased via Sue’s business website, this is the link http://www.ctccommunications.com.au/lyndall-currie-benefit-night.html. Chris and I will be there and we’re really looking forward to catching up with you on the night if you can make it. This has been a massive task for Sue and our gratitude to her is endless.

I wanted to also take this opportunity to thank those of you who have donated money to any of these causes. I’ve said it before, we feel so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends who are supporting us every step of the way, it really makes a difference, it doesn’t go unnoticed and we really appreciate it.