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Closed 09/01/2018
Iʼve raised £425 to support a cancer sufferer whose car, her lifeline, has been broken into, damaged and items stolen. The aim is to aid with expenses.
- Funded on Tuesday, 9th January 2018
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Kes was formally diagnoses with a rare blood cancer called Myelo Dysplastic Syndrome in the summer of 2000. Despite the diagnosis she continued to work full time till Sept 2016. Over the years she has had several brushes with death. She has survived sepsis 10 times and at one point ended up in Intensive Care with septic shock. 60% of people die from this but Kes is made of strong stuff and always fights back.
In Oct 2016 she underwent her biggest battle and had a Bone Marrow Transplant. There were no matches on the registers for her but fortunately her siste Gail proved to be a match and the transplant was able to go ahead.
Since then Kes has struggled to get on her feet. She has had a serious complication of the transplant called Graft Verses Host Disease. She has this extensively in her liver, gut, mouth, eyes, muscles and joints. This means she has to have specialist treatment for 2 consecutive days every 2 weeks. This is on top of regular check ups at her local hospital and the transplant centre. All this means that she lives in a lot of pain and experiences constant nausea and exhaustion. Sadly it also means that she can’t work.
Despite this she remains cheerful and enjoys catching up with family and friends.
Her car and mobility scooter are her lifelines to independence. This weekend a couple of scumbags broke into her car and ransacked it. They damaged the rear view mirror and city breaking housing unit by ripping out the dash cam she had installed. They also stole some money and personal items.
Kes has Motability Insurance and that doesn’t cover person belongings. She will have to replace her dash cam and other items. She will also need to pay her insurance excess or get the car fixed herself whichever proves cheaper. All of this will run into a few hundred pounds.
I would like to launch this crowdfunding page so that Kes isn’t out of pocket at this time of year, especially as she is unable to work.
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- 7 years ago
Tina Probets
7 years agoPLEASE DO NOT DONATE ANYMORE FUNDS. Kes has had some good news that her garage will repair her car as a goodwill gesture. There is still the matter of replacing the dashcam, personal items and money that were all stolen. We can arrange for your donation to be refunded if you wish, just let us know. Funds cannot be accessed for approx 14-21 days so please be patient. In the meantime I would like to thank you all for your generosity but it just goes to how Kes has touched our lives. I cannot close this page for 30 days but will try.
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- 7 years ago
Tina Probets
7 years agoAlmost half way to target in less than 24 hours! Thank you so much. Let's keep giving and sharing until we reach the target.
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22
Diana Lockyer
Dec 13, 2017
I am donating this for Kes to replace some of the items stolen from her car. She is the most amazing friend to all of the MDS community in spite of being so unwell herself. We all think shes amazing.
£10.00
Yvonne Dormer
Dec 13, 2017
For Kes with love Yvonne D
Anonymous
Dec 12, 2017
Kes is a wonderful person and really needs that car. Have a happy Christmas Kes
Sharon Rawlings
Dec 11, 2017
Good luck to you x
£50.00
Sasha Williams
Dec 11, 2017
❤️
£20.00
Edward Peel
Dec 11, 2017
Kes is a good friend of mine and I wish her well.
£30.00
Ali Ingram-seal
Dec 11, 2017
Wishing you all the very best.
£10.00
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