This is about my friend. And she’d hate this being written like a sob story, so it’s not!!!

Anna was diagnosed with LAM in 2020. Completely out of the blue. One minute life is normal, the next she’s being told her lungs are so fragile they could shatter like glass.Within months her first lung collapsed. 11 chest drains. Multiple surgeries. Scars. She was on oxygen not long after. And she HATES it.

Not because it doesn’t help but because it’s the only way she can stay active. Anna is a farmer through and through. Even now, with an oxygen tank on her back, she’s still out there every day and she had to fight to be able to do that. Her oxygen supply was nearly restricted to just a few hours outdoors a day. Imagine that. Having to argue for the right to breathe properly while living your life…….

That’s rare disease.

I’m taking on the Parish Walk 2026 to raise money for LAM Action. To support people living with LAM and push research forward so this isn’t the reality forever.

If you can donate, amazing. If you can share, just as powerful.

Anna is one of the toughest, funniest, most headstrong people I know, with a deep love for her animals and the land. If you can spare anything to help me reach my goal, I’m grateful!

A little bit about LAM:

LAM (Lymphangioleiomyomatosis) is a rare, progressive lung disease that mostly affects women. It slowly damages the lungs, making it harder and harder to breathe, often leading to collapsed lungs and long term oxygen dependence. There is no cure. Only management. And because it’s rare, it doesn’t get the funding or attention it urgently needs. Supporting LAM Action helps change that. Funding research, raising awareness and backing the people living this reality every single day.